Troy father indicted on rape charges
BY WILL E SANDERS
Ohio Community Media
wsanders@dailycall.com

TROY

An adoptive Troy father who
allegedly raped three children in
his care and also compelled child
prostitution through online advertisements involving the children
has been indicted by a Miami
County grand jury on dozens of
child rape charges, said Miami
County Prosecutor Gary Nasal.
The grand jury returned an

indictment against Kenneth H.
Brandt, 39, of Troy, on Monday
after hearing disturbing testimony that resulted with 31 rape
charges being filed against him.
Eleven of those rape charges
involve a victim under the age of
10 and are punishable with 15
years to life in prison. The remaining 20 rape counts are punishable
by up to 11 years in prison, Nasal

He has been charged with three
counts of rape. All three of Zwick’s
rape charges are punishable by up
to 11 years in prison.
The grand jury returned the
indictments against both men on
Monday and both Brandt and
Zwick were served their indictments Thursday, Nasal said.
Brandt remains behind bars at
the Miami County Jail on a
$800,000 bond while Zwick

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the perfect dress for the
prom, think feathers. If you’re
a guy, think slim-cut tux.
“The more feathers on the
dress, the better,” said Peggy
Wireman, store manager at
the Bridal Emporium in
Wapakoneta. “About half our
dresses have a feather
somewhere.”
Peacock feathers, black
feathers and blue feathers
seem to be the most popular,
but they come in a variety of
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Edison Community College Bee for Literacy team members Teresa Roth, Scott Burnam and Kara Myers wait for
the next word to be announced Thursday. Edison won the event, which is sponsored by Altrusa of Troy, for the
third year in a row.

All in the family
Edison wins Bee for Literacy
BY DAVID FONG
Executive Editor
fong@tdnpublishing.com

Skydiver goes
for record
Skydiving daredevil Felix
Baumgartner is more than halfway
toward his goal of setting a world
record for the highest jump.
Baumgartner lifted off
Thursday for a test jump from
Roswell, N.M., aboard a 100-foot
helium balloon. He rode inside a
pressurized capsule to 71,581 feet
— 13.6 miles — and then
jumped..

For Edison Community College,
Altrusa of Troy’s 18th annual Bee for
Literacy — A Corporate Challenge
was a family affair.
Needing to spell a pair of words
down the stretch to outlast the other
seven teams in the corporate spelling
bee, Edison team members drew on
the unlikeliest of sources Thursday
afternoon at the Troy Church of the
Nazarene.
First, Edison had to spell “notochordal.” For that, team member
Kara Myers drew upon her son’s
spelling list.
“I knew my son had it on his
spelling list — I was just trying to
visualize it on his list,” Myers said.
Once notochordal was spelled correctly, Edison’s Teresa Roth had to
spell “edelwiess” — a small, perenni-

al herb that grows in the high Alps —
to clinch the victory. For that, Edison
team member Teresa Roth was able
to draw upon knowledge imparted to
her by her mother.
“I knew that because my mother’s
favorite movie is ‘The Sound of
Music,’” Roth said.
With the win, Edison was able to
win its third Bee for Literacy title in
a row. Three years ago, Edison won
the title outright.
Last year, the Chargers shared
the crown when the timed event
reached its limit. Edison nearly had
to share the title again this year, but
was able to spell its final two words
correctly just before the time
expired.
For team member Scott Burnam
— who, like Roth, has been a part of
all three victorious teams — the key
to Edison’s burgeoning spelling
dynasty is battling not only through
the words, but also through the

nerves.
“It’s funny, but as we were driving
down here, we were discussing why,
as grown-ups, we got so nervous
about a spelling bee that is a
fundraiser,” Burnam said.
“Nerves are 90 percent of it,”
Myers added.
This year’s charity event — all
profits from the event are donated by
Altrusa of Troy to benefit local literacy projects — was one of the most
hotly contested in recent memory.
Through three rounds, none of the
eight teams — Edison, Goodrich
Corporation, MainSource Bank,
Miami County Educational Service
Center, Teen Leadership Troy, TroyHayner Cultural Center, Troy High
School Interact Club and Troy-Miami
County Library — had been eliminated through the first three rounds,
a rarity in the corporate challenge.
Edison and Troy-Hayner Cultural
Center were the final two teams
remaining in the competition. The
Interact Club won the coveted “team
spirit” award.

“You have kind of a
Jekyll and Hyde personality,” Judge James F.
Stevenson told the defendant Jamie J. Seitz
Thursday, before sentencing him to serve five years
in prison for his conviction
of second-degree felony
kidnapping.
Seitz, 46, 1510 W. North
St.,
Piqua,
also
was
sentenced
to
serve
180
days
for his
misdeSEITZ
meanor
assault conviction, which
is to be served concurrently. In addition to the
prison time, Seitz was
fined $500 and ordered to
pay $672.13 in restitution,
as well as court costs. He
will be subject to three
years of community control sanctions following his
release. He was given 84
days credit for time
served.
Stevenson said the presentence investigation had
revealed a history of community service, as well as
previous violence against a
girlfriend in similar circumstances.
He
said
throughout the trials, Seitz

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on an Afghanistan policy
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U.S. spokesmen said the
administration will press
on with trying to reconcile
Afghanistan’s government
and Taliban forces willing
to renounce terrorism,
despite
Thursday’s
announcement by the militants that they were suspending contacts with the
United States. The last
substantive talks between
U.S. officials and Taliban
representatives was in
January, and two initiatives to build trust and
move toward real peace
talks are in limbo.
The Taliban accused the
U.S. of failing to deliver on
promises and making new
demands in the talks, a
charge that White House
press secretary Jay Carney
denied.
Afghan
President
Hamid Karzai demanded

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during a news
conference at the Kabul, Afghanistan airport, Thursday,
before departing for the United Arab Emirates.
Thursday that U.S. troops
leave rural Afghan areas
and stay on bases until
they finish the withdrawal
of troops by the end of
2014. The war effort has
been set back in recent
days by the weekend
slaughter of nine children
among 16 people killed
allegedly by an American

last year. The talks have
foundered before, and several people familiar with
the contacts characterized
the latest news as a temporary but expected setback.
They spoke on condition of
anonymity to describe sensitive diplomacy.
“There is no likely resolution to the conflict in
Afghanistan without a
political
resolution,”
Carney said. “Our conditions for participation in
that process by the Taliban
have been clear in terms of
the reconciliation. Those
who would be reconciled
need to lay down their
arms, renounce al-Qaida
(and) promise to abide by
the Afghan constitution.
And we continue to support
that process.”
A senior U.S. official
familiar with the discussions said U.S. officials
expected some statement

soldier, and earlier by the
inadvertent burning of
Qurans by U.S. troops.
The Obama administration has endorsed negotiation with the insurgents as
the best hope for reaching a
political settlement in
Afghanistan, and entered
secret direct talks with
Taliban representatives • See AFGHAN on Page 2

• CONTINUED FROM A1
remains jailed on a
$500,000 bond.
Nasal said an arraignment date for either of the
two men had not been
scheduled in common pleas
court as of Thursday.
However, such arraignments will likely take place
sometime over the next
month.
Nasal declined any further comment on the case.
Both Brandt and Zwick
had not guilty pleas
entered on their behalf dur-

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Afghan
• CONTINUED FROM A1
from the Taliban backing away from
talks, and presume that the timing following Sunday’s killings is an attempt to
gain greater leverage over the United
States.
Even before the latest troubles, efforts
to negotiate an Afghan settlement were
stymied by the Taliban’s unwillingness to
negotiate directly with Karzai’s government, which the militants see as illegitimate. Karzai has complained that he was
cut out of the talks, complicating his
sometimes rocky relationship with
Washington.
The Taliban have maintained they
want to negotiate only with the United
States, the largest donor and largest military force in Afghanistan. The
Associated Press previously reported
that the U.S. side had agreed to greater
Afghan government participation in
future talks. That shift appears to underlie the Taliban claim of a change in
terms, although their statement was not
specific.
As to whether the U.S. has delivered
on promises in earlier negotiations, the
Taliban were apparently referring to a
plan the U.S. has backed publicly to open
a Taliban political office in the Gulf state
of Qatar, as the Taliban had requested.
That plan, although reluctantly endorsed
by Karzai, apparently has been delayed
by an internal Taliban debate about a
public renunciation of international terrorism. The U.S. has made that renunciation a condition for opening the office.
The Taliban also seek release of five
prisoners held at the U.S. military prison
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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had
not
expressed
remorse or regret for his
violent actions.
“Instead,” Stevenson
said, “you chose to hide
behind excuses. Your conduct that night was reprehensible,” adding that
there was “no excuse for
the beating you gave‚”
the victim.
Seitz spoke on his own
behalf before the judge
passed his sentence,
telling the court that he
was ‚ “very sorry.”
“My actions that night
were not consistent with
my normal behavior,”
Seitz said, adding that if
he had other options
available to him that
night, he would have
taken them.
He said the incident
occurred during a time
when he was‚ “spiraling
out of control, drinking
too much and handling
my marriage recklessly.”
Seitz claimed selfdefense throughout the
trial, alleging that his
victim, Scarlet Ashworth
of Tipp City, struck first
on
that
night
in
December 2010.
He told the court
Thursday, “I may have
continued on too long to
protect myself.”
Ashworth’s
parents
also spoke before senand
Susan
tencing,
Elsass of Shelby County
Victims Services, read a
letter on her behalf.
Debra Ashworth of
Tipp City, spoke of her

daughter’s suffering during her 12-hour ordeal,
as well as the lingering
pain and humiliation
that followed during her
slow recovery and the
course of two trials.
Elsass read of Seitz’s
lack of remorse and said
he had violated a “position
of
trust”
as
Ashworth’s employer.
He was a co-owner of
the Broad Street Grille,
where she worked as bar
manager.
Elsass went on to say
that Ashworth exercised
poor judgment in her
relationship with her
married boss, but “poor
judgment is not a crime.”
Edward Ashworth of
Troy, scoffed at Seitz’s
claim of not having choices on the night in question.
“He chose to do this,”
Edward said.
“No person should
have to endure this
because she made bad
choices,” noting repeatedly that Seitz “severely
beat, strangled and tortured” Ashworth.
“I could hardly recognize her from the beatings that she took,”
Edward said.
The victims’ statements made repeated
efforts to Seitz’s lack of
remorse and sizable ego.
“He chose to do what
he did to make people
fear him,” Ashworth’s
father said.
“He chose to do what
he did to make himself
feel superior.”

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the U.S. agreed in principle to transfer
the prisoners to custody in Qatar, and
U.S. officials have publicly acknowledged
the idea is in play.
Several Republicans in Congress have
denounced the transfer plan, and there
has been no apparent progress on it.
State Department spokeswoman
Victoria Nuland said the United States
has made no decisions to transfer
Taliban detainees. She urged continued
negotiations with the insurgents.
“We still feel that if there is a process
that can be supported, that we ought to
do that,” Nuland told reporters. “We
remain prepared to continue these discussions,” with a goal of getting the
Taliban and the Afghan government to
negotiate directly.
In Afghanistan this week, Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta met with Karzai
and sought to repair the strained U.S.Afghan relationship. In the aftermath of
the killing, Karzai wants NATO to curtail operations in the countryside and
accelerate the planned transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces.
Although Karzai previously has said
he wanted international troops to transition out of rural areas, the apparent call
for an immediate exit is new. Karzai also
said he wants Afghan forces to take the
lead for countrywide security in 2013,
which may or may not be in line with a
statement Wednesday from President
Barack Obama and British Prime
Minster David Cameron.
They reiterated that the aim of the
U.S. and its allies was to get out by the
end of 2014, but stated for the first time
that international forces would hand
over the lead combat role to Afghan
forces next year.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — At least
it’s a dry heat.
The federal government’s spring
weather forecast offers no respite
from warmer weather, but the country should get a break from the
spring flooding that’s hit the last four
years.
The National Weather Service’s
outlook for spring, which arrived
early with 577 warm temperature
records broken Wednesday, predicts
mostly warmer and drier-thannormal weather, except in the
Northwest. The current summer-like
weather — with some temperatures
as much as 35 degrees above normal

— means there is less snow melting
and flooding rivers. So only a small
fraction of the country has an above
normal risk for flooding and no areas
have a high risk of flooding this
spring. Only the Ohio Valley and
parts of Louisiana have elevated
flood risk.
That’s quite a change from last
year when record flooding struck
major
rivers,
including
the
Mississippi.
“The United States is getting a
much needed spring break” from
flooding, said National Weather
Service Deputy Director Laura
Furgione.

— is expected to stick around
through next week.
All or parts of 36 states are forecast to be warmer than normal April
through June, with only Alaska,
Hawaii, Washington and Oregon and
the tip of Idaho forecast to be cooler
than normal. Every state east of the
Mississippi River, except Wisconsin,
and most of the Southwest should be
warmer than normal this spring, the
weather service predicts.
No place in the contiguous United
States is forecast to be wetter than
normal this spring. The seemingly
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ing their initial court
appearances in municipal
court.
Authorities
raided
Brandt’s Troy home earlier
this month once the allegations were made and confiscated several items, including computers and media
devices.
All three of the children,
ages 9, 10 and 12, are currently staying with relatives and are being supervised by Miami County
Children’s Services, according to the Troy Police
Department.

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from 1-3 p.m. at Lost Creek
Reserve, 2645 E. State
Route 41, east of Troy. The
• FRIDAY DINNER: The
Southern Ohio Flying K-9s
Pleasant Hill VFW Post
Frisbee
dogs extraordinaire
6557, 7578 W. Fenner
C o m m u n i t y will be special guests. Don’t
Road, Ludlow Falls, will
miss them jump over just
offer dinner from 6-7:30
Calendar
about anything to catch a
p.m. for $7-$8 For more
Frisbee.
If your dog is nice
information, call (937) 698CONTACT US
and plays well with others,
6727.
bring them to the park.
• BROWNIE ADVENRemember dog owners are
TURE: A Girl Scout
responsible for their dogs
overnight will begin at 7
Call Melody
and must clean-up after their
p.m. today and end at 9
Vallieu at
pet. Meet at the entrance
a.m. Saturday. The
next to the parking lot. For
440-5265 to
American Bullfrog will be
more information, visit the
the event’s feature.
list your free
park district’s website at
Brownies will learn to idencalendar
www.miamicountyparks.com.
tify several different frog
• ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT
items.You
species and earn their
BREAKFAST: American
Senses Try-It during this
can send
Legion Post 586 in Tipp City
amphibious adventure.
your news by e-mail to
will offer a full all-you-can-eat
• FISH DINNER: An allvallieu@tdnpublishing.com. breakfast from 8-11 a.m. for
you-can-eat fish dinner,
$6. Items available are eggs
sponsored by the St.
to order, toast, pancakes,
Patrick men’s softball team,
waffles, bacon, sausage,
will be offered from 5:30sausage gravy, biscuits, home fries,
7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Church, 409 E.
orange, tomato and apple juice, fruit and
Main St., Troy. The menu also will include
fries, choice of coleslaw or applesauce, roll cinnamon rolls.
and homemade desserts. Meals will be $9
MONDAY
for adults, $6 for seniors, $6 for children 612 and free for children under 6.
• AUXILIARY DINNER: Friday March
• MOMS & TOTS: The Miami County
16th: The American Legion Post 586
Park District will have the Trailing Moms &
Auxiliary in Tipp City will offer a dinner from Tots program from 10 a.m. to noon at
6-7:30 for $7. Entree will be roast pork tenCharleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross
derloin with whipped potatoes, green
Road, south of Tipp City. The program is for
beans, tossed salad, roll and butter and a
expectant mothers, mothers and tots newvariety of desserts.
born to 5 years of age. Participants can
• FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW socialize, play and exercise during this walk.
Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, Be sure to dress for the weather. For more
will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more
information, visit the park district’s website
information, call 753-1108.
at www.miamicountyparks.com.
• WOODCOCK WALK: A woodcock
• AUDITIONS SET: Troy Civic Theater
walk, where visitors will learn about the pri- will have auditions for their upcoming provate little bird, will be at 7:30 p.m. at
duction of “Ravenscroft” at 7 p.m. at the
Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. A
Barn in the Park. Casting requirements are
brief indoor session will be followed by a
four women of ages from 16-50, and one
walk to the meadow where the “timber doo- man who is middle aged. For more informadles” should be performing. Dress for cool
tion, call Barbara Lurie at 673-7712.
evening temperatures.
• CONSTITUTION CHANGED: The
constitution and by-laws of the American
SATURDAY
Legion Unit No. 586, Tipp City, have been
revised, and will be read at the 7 p.m.
meeting. The revised document will be read
• BUFFET BREAKFAST: The Sons of
at this meeting and voted on at the April 2
the American Legion Post 43, 622 S.
Market St., Troy, will offer an all-you-can-eat meeting. It must receive an affirmative vote
of two-thirds of the members present at this
buffet style breakfast to the public from 7meeting minimum in order to be adopted.
10:30 a.m. for $7. Breakfast will include
scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and bisTUESDAY
cuits, fried potatoes, bacon, sausage,
toast, juice and coffee. Take out orders will
be available by calling 335-3502. Wi-Fi also
• EXPLORATION HIKE: The Miami
is available.
County Park District will have an Adult
• CHICKEN BARBECUE: The Troy
Nature Walking Club hike at 9 a.m. at
Lions Club and the Troy Church of the
Maple Ridge, the entrance to Stillwater
Brethren will hold a chicken barbecue and
Prairie Reserve, 10430 State Route 185,
pulled pork dinner from 4-6 p.m. at the
Covington. Join naturalists or a volunteer
church, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. Tickets will
leader as they head out to explore nature.
be $7.50 each. The dinner will include a
Walks are not strenuous or fast-paced.
half chicken or large pulled pork sandwich,
Walks are held the first Tuesday of every
homemade coleslaw and Bush’s baked
month. For more information, visit the park
beans. Tickets can be purchased by calling
district’s website at www.miamicounty339-0460, any Lions member, or call the
parks.com.
church at 335-8835.
• EQUINOX CONCERT: Rum River
• PORK CHOPS: The Pleasant Hill
Blend — a group of local performers — will
VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, perform at Brukner Nature Center’s
Ludlow Falls, will offer a marinated nonEquinox Concert at 7 p.m. at the center.
marinated upon request) pork chop dinner
During the event, they will perform a blend
with baked potato and green bean casseof traditional bluegrass, folk, gospel and
role for $9 from 5-7 p.m.
children’s songs. The audience is encour• NIGHT HIKE: Come explore the night
aged to join in on the fun as spoons,
woods at Brukner Nature Center at 8 p.m.
washboards, and various other noise makin search of nocturnal critters. Many nocing instruments are often passed out to
turnal animals have a tapetum lucidum or
the crowd. Admission is $5 for BNC meman eyeshine that makes their eyes seem to
bers and $10 for non-members, refreshglow. Join participants in the woods as
ments included.
they look for eyeshines and listen for clues
• GALLERY OPENING: Brukner
to find out who wakes up when we go to
Nature Center’s Nature Art Gallery will feasleep. Come dressed for weather. The
ture photographer Nina Harfmann and her
event is free and open to the public. Join
exhibit “Beside Little Pond,” with an openthe Stillwater Stargazers as they explore
ing at 8 p.m. at the center. Her work is
the starry night sky above Brukner Nature
included on a 2012 Ohio Wildlife Legacy
Center at 9 p.m., following the hike.
stamp. The exhibit, taken over a three-year
Members will have their telescopes set up
period and showing a sequence of photoand will be available to answer questions.
graphs from a vernal pool, will be available
The program is free and open to the public. through June 17.
Meet in the parking lot.
• ROUNDTABLE MEETING: The
• FISH FRY: The Troy VFW 5436 will
Stillwater Civil War Roundtable will meet at
offer a fish fry and St. Patrick’s Day party
7 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center.
beginning at 2 p.m. Entry will be $7 and
Phil Spaugy, deputy commander of the
the meal will be all-you-can-eat. Music will
North-South Skirmish Associaton will
be provided by Vicky.
share some of his personal collection of
• ST. PATRICK’S PARTY: The
Civil War weapons. This group has compeCovington VFW, 173 N. High St., will have
tition shooting all over the country using
a St. Patrick’s Day party beginning at 3
actual and replica weapons from the Civil
p.m. with a corn hole tournament. At 8 p.m., War, including artillery. During the shoots,
a music legend impersonator will entertain. they dress in period clothing.
• FISH FRY: The Fletcher Volunteer Fire
• EQUINOX WALK: A spring equinox
Department will offer an all-you-can-eat fish walk will be at 2:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000
and chicken fry from 5-7:30 p.m. at the fire- Aullwood Road, Dayton. Look for swelling
house, 6605 State Route 580, Fletcher. The tree buds, early blooming wildflowers,
menu will include deep-fried fish and chick- greening grass, singing birds and other
en, french fries, applesauce, coleslaw,
natural signs that signal that spring has
bread and butter and a beverage. Adult
finally arrived.
meals are $8, kids 5-12 are $5 and kids
under 5 eat free. Proceeds from this event
MARCH 21
will be used to supplement operating
expenses of the fire department.
• WACO SPEAKER: The WACO Air
Museum will host Lester Garber at 7 p.m.
SUNDAY
at the WACO Air Museum, 1865 S. County
Road 25-A, Troy. His presentation will be
• VIEW FROM THE VISTA: The last
“The Wright Brothers Make a Lucky
chance to get involved with Brukner Nature Mistake,” based on information from his
Center’s Project FeederWatch study as a
book entitled “The Wright Brothers and the
citizen scientist for this Cornell University
Birth of Aviation.” This event is free and
program will be from 2-4 p.m. at the center.
open to the public. For more information,
Help other participants count the total num- call (937) 335-9226 or email
ber of individuals of each species seen.
LCDir@wacoairmuseum.org.
• SUNDAY BREAKFAST: Pleasant Hill
• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis
Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m.
VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner
at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters
Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a made-toRoad, Troy. Kristy Warren will speak about
order breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Everything
her PeaceCorp experience in South Africa.
is a la carte.
Lunch is $10. For more information, contact
• SPRING FLING: The Miami County
Park District will have its monthly dog social Kim Riber, vice president, at 339-8935.

TODAY

FYI

Troy resident begins Peace
Corps Service in Malawi
TROY — Jeff Scott
Gohrband, 23, of Troy,
has been accepted into
For additional information,
the Peace Corps and
departed for Malawi on
visit online at www.peacecorps.gov
March 6 to begin pre-service training as a commuDuring the first three Corps volunteers have
nity forestry Peace Corps
served in Malawi since
months of his service,
volunteer.
Upon graduation from Gohrband will live with a the program was estabhost family in Malawi to lished in 1963. Currently,
volunteer training in
June, Gohrband will pro- become fully immersed in 126 volunteers serve in
Malawi.
the country’s language
mote natural resource
Volunteers work in the
and culture. After acquirmanagement in forestry,
areas of education, enviing the lanagro-forestry
guage and cul- ronment, agriculture and
and community
health. Volunteers are
tural skills
education.
trained and work in the
necessary to
Gohrband is
assist his com- following languages:
the son of Gregg
Chichewa, Chilambya,
munity,
and Catherine
Gohrband will Chilomwe, Chindali,
Gohrband and a
Chisena, Chitonga and
be sworn into
graduate of Troy
service and be Chitumbuka.
High School. He
Since President John
assigned to a
then attended
community in F. Kennedy established
University of
the Peace Corps by execuMalawi, where
Toledo in Toledo,
he will live and tive order on March 1,
where he earned GOHRBAND
1961, more than 200,000
work for two years with
a bachelor’s degree in
Americans have served in
the local people.
criminal justice in 2011,
Upon completion of his 139 host countries. Today,
and said that he “came
9,095 volunteers are
Peace Corps service,
away with a greater
working with local comappreciation for diversity Gohrband hopes to use
munities in 75 host counhis degree in criminal
and a well-rounded edutries.
justice in some capacity
cation.”
Peace Corps volunwhile also maintaining
A former AmeriCorps
teers must be U.S. citihis interest in urban
volunteer, Gohrband
zens and at least 18
agriculture and sustainhopes that joining the
years of age. Peace Corps
Peace Corps will broaden able agriculture.
service is a 27-month
Gohrband joins the
his horizons overseas.
commitment and the
332 Ohio residents cur“I want to be a useful
agency’s mission is to
part of a community and rently serving in the
promote world peace and
Peace Corps and more
commit myself to being
more than just a tourist,” than 6,728 Ohio residents friendship and a better
understanding between
he said. “I have met sev- who have served in the
Americans and people of
Peace Corps since 1961.
eral people who were
More than 2,520 Peace other countries.
Peace Corps volunteers
who all left me with the
impression that the Peace
Corps is a credible organ“I want to be a useful part of a
ization that does beneficommunity
and commit myself to
cial work for the people it
being more than just a tourist.”
serves and also benefits
those who serve in the
— Jeff Gohrband
program.”

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With these challenging times as healthcare providers, we would
like to thank you for all your hard work and dedication.We want
you to know that we appreciate everything you do for our residents and short term patients. We are LUCKY to have each and
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west Ohio.
A Butler County jury in
Hamilton found Alfredo
Lopez Cruz guilty last
month of one count of kidCHARDON (AP) —
napping and four counts of
Newly released court
rape.
records underscore the
The now-teenage girl
troubled family life of a 17testified that he grabbed
year-old Ohio boy charged
her off her bicycle in 2005,
in a school shooting ramtook her inside a house
page that killed three stuand repeatedly sexually
dents.
assaulted her.
Records released in
Mexican and U.S.
Chardon say T.J. Lane’s
authorities worked togethfather challenged his paterer to take Lopez Cruz into
nity in 1995, but tests
custody last September
showed there was a 99 perafter he fled to Mexico
cent chance he’s the father.
before he could be indicted.
That year, the father
The case caused unrest
asked for temporary custhat included vandalizing
tody because the toddler’s
and burning a Hamilton
mother was in jail for viohouse where Lopez Cruz
lating probation on a
was believed to have
AP
domestic violence charge.
In this March 6, file photo, T.J. Lane, right, looks at his stayed.
The News-Herald says
The Cincinnati
attorney during his juvenile court proceedings in
the judge who released the Chardon.
Enquirer reports that
records Tuesday must
Lopez Cruz’s lawyer says
decide whether to release
he plans to appeal the conwill be tried as an adult on officials say much of the
any social-service agency
aggravated murder charges village is under water and viction.
records on Lane.
in the Feb. 27 attack. His
that at least 10 people
He’s facing a hearing
lawyer has said Lane’s
have been rescued by fire- Principal ordered
next month on whether he family is “devastated” by
fighters and other crews.
to work from home
the shootings.
The Red Cross has set
up a shelter in a church in
MIDDLETOWN — An
nearby Jackson.
elementary school principal
Floods lead to
Lakewood Local Schools has been ordered to work
Ohio school
in closed Hebron elemenfrom home for the rest of
tary and Jackson interme- the school year following a
evacuation
diate because buses were
reprimand over an alleged
HEBRON — Flooding
having difficulty getting to physical altercation with a
from early morning rain
students.
special education student.
has closed some roads and
The Madison Local
schools and led authorities Man caught in
School District board also
to recommend evacuation
voted unanimously last
of a mobile home park in a Mexico faces
week not to renew Madison
central Ohio village.
Elementary Principal
rape
sentence
Media outlets report the
Matthew Gray’s contract. It
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HAMILTON — A man
expires July 31.
Hebron was being evacuat- captured in Mexico and
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arts — 4-H has more than
200 projects for youth to
explore.
Young people gain confidence through leadership
development, improve their
social skills by making
friends in 4-H clubs and at
camp and give back to their
communities by taking part
in community service.
Miami County 4-H programs are available to
youth ages 5-18 as of Jan. 1.
Adults are encouraged to
participate by serving as 4H volunteers.
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DAR honors
members for
years of service

TROY — The PiquaLewis Boyer Daughters of
the American Revolution
met March 10 at the TroyHayner Cultural Center.
Special recognition was
given to Betty Brown and
Sharon Mautz at the meeting for their 25 years of
DAR membership and certificates were presented by
guest speaker State Regent
Sharlene Shoaf of the
OSDAR organization.
Shoaf spoke to the group
about past presidents of the
U.S. and gave a descriptive
biography on them and how
they contributed to the
country. Members were
encouraged by the presentation to be leaders and
helpers in the DAR organization and assist new members and those who need
help. Refreshments were
served by the hostess committee, which included Pat
Picklesimer, Brenda Cooper,
Becky Miller and Judith
“Dee” Smith. A serving
Road to close
stone with a lighthouse was
presented to Shoaf along
for bridge work
with a donation to the
NEWBERRY TOWNChristian Waldschmidt
SHIP — Piqua-Clayton
Homestead, Camp Dennison
Road will be closed between in Ohio.
Crescent Drive and
Upcoming events for the
McMaken Road beginning
organization include the
Monday through May 18 for 113th state conference April
a bridge replacement.
13-15 in Columbus, and the
The road will be closed
next meeting May 12.

MILITARY BRIEF
and the grandson of Ann
Clark, all of Piqua.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
His other grandparents
Jeremy M. Scherer comare Louella Scherer of
pleted a Presidential
Piqua, and Bill Wendel of
Management Fellowship
Covington.
rotational assignment as
Scherer graduated in
an action officer with the
1999 from Piqua High
Joint Staff PakistanSchool, and received a
Afghanistan Coordination bachelor of science degree
Cell, Joint Chiefs of Staff
in 2007 from Kaplan
at the Pentagon,
University, Chicago, Ill. He
Washington, D.C.
earned a master’s degree
He is the son of Michael in 2009 from Norwich
W. and Marcia A. Scherer, University, Northfields, Vt.

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OPINION

Contact us
David Fong is the
executive editor of the
Troy Daily News. You
can reach him at
440-5228 or send him
e-mail at fong@tdn
publishing.com.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.”
— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP
The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colo., on
Afghanistan:
The Pentagon reported March 2 that five U.S. military personnel have been found responsible for the inadvertent burning of
Korans at a prison in Afghanistan last month that prompted a
week of rioting and violence in that country.
Five is one less than the number of U.S. troops who have been
killed by supposed friendly Afghan Army troops and civilians
since news of the Koran burnings broke Feb. 21.
Those killings are the latest horrific evidence that our military
mission in Afghanistan — and the country itself — are rapidly
unraveling, and that we should not wait until 2014 to depart. Why
should any more U.S. military men and women have their lives
endangered — not just by the Taliban outside
their military bases, but by Afghan Army troops
As I
and civilians who may work in the same office
with them?
See It
Afghans clearly don’t want us in the country
■ The Troy
any longer. It’s hard to give much credit to
Daily News
statements by top U.S. brass that only a handwelcomes
ful of insurgents are causing such problems,
columns from
when U.S. troops are no longer safe, even on
our readers. To
supposedly secure bases
submit an “As I
See It” send
It’s time to ramp up our intelligence efforts
your type-writand drone attacks from outside the country. But
ten column to:
we should abandon Afghanistan to its murder■ “As I See It”
ous infighting and pull U.S. troops out of harm’s
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way, including harm from our alleged allies.
News, 224 S.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle on Rush
Market St.,
Limbaugh:
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There’s a certain rich irony in the fact that
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do.
include your full
But neither his patently offensive remarks,
name and telenor their potential impact on the election, are
phone number.
laughing matters.
Limbaugh has since apologized — unlike his
even-worse liberal counterparts — for his gratuitous insult of
Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke, who testified before
congressional Democrats in favor of federally mandated birth control insurance.
But the apology wasn’t accepted, and Democrats now have
another tool with which to divide the electorate and defeat
Republicans in the fall.
Democrats are winning this war of words — over birth control,
over Limbaugh’s intemperance — in two ways.
First, they’re making Republicans look like the Taliban.
Somehow, Democrats and the left-leaning media have made this
issue about women’s health and access to birth control.
The truth, of course, is there is no problem with access to birth
control.
The only question is who should pay for it — well, that, and
whether health insurance providers should be forced by the government to offer it over their own moral objections.
Democrats also win in this silly debate by changing the subject
from the economy, the president’s dismal record, foreign policy
storm clouds on the horizon, the national debt and more.
Republicans have helped them do it, too — from presidential
Rick Santorum’s getting sucked into the discussion repeatedly, to
Limbaugh’s disgusting rant. The latter’s flame-throwing has most
people missing the point.
Which, as has been pointed out, is just peachy with Democrats.

LETTERS

Thank you for
your support
To the Editor:
We would like to thank
everyone for all that was done
during the loss of our loved
one, Bill Stewart, beloved husband, father, son, brother and
grandfather.

A very special thank you to
Vickie and Jill from the activities department of the
SpringMeade nursing facility,
Tipp City.
And Swihart Industries of
Dayton for all the food and
services they provided at the
time of our loss.
To the Freedom Life church
for the accommodations of

their building. Thank you and
to Hospice of Miami County,
thank you.
For all the food, flowers,
thoughts, prayers and the
words of comfort, we are deeply
grateful.

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DOONESBURY FLASHBACK

Pass the salt … and the knowledge
I’m a sucker for a good story
and for a decent breakfast.
Through Facebook, I’ve not
only connected with people from
my past, but with people that
grew up with my parents.
This has been great on several accounts.
One, I get new dirt on my
parents. Second, I get out of bed
in time for breakfast once a
week — which is rare.
At least once a week, I meet
up with Scott, a guy known for
his great “Hollywood” smile and
great stories.
I usually laugh until my ribs
hurt because Scott is a great
story teller — most truck drivers are. Scott and his sister Sue,
grew up on a farm down the
road from my mother.
My mom even dug up some
old pictures of her and her
brother out at the farm where I
also grew up. “Back in those
days,” there were no play dates
— you simply played with the
kids closest to your house.
Generally, Scott and I meet
up at either Loretta’s in
Christiansburg, or Holly’s in
Casstown, where we order eggs
(no spit) and toast and sit back

Melanie Yingst
Troy Daily News Columnist
and share story after story until
the grain reports on Channel 7.
We pass the salt, we pass the
time and I get great stories
about my mom and her parents
that I never got to know and,
well, free breakfast.
It’s a win-win.
One of Scott’s favorite stories
is of my mom’s childhood pony
“Rowdy,” the meanest pony that
ever lived. Rowdy lived up to
his name and was more of a
rodeo pony than a lazy kid’s
ride. According to Scott, they’d
walk the pony down to the
“crick” and the bravest child
would hop on and Rowdy would
take off straight back to the
barn.
This is probably why I never

— The family
of Bill Stewart
Piqua

had a pony.
Another one of my favorite
tales that Scott tells are the
ones of the times where they
played in barns that are now
long gone.
One of my favorites is the
one of the game of “Hide and
Seek” that went horribly wrong.
You see, all good stories from
the country include scars, bank
barns and blood and this one
has all three.
On Mom’s farm, there used
to be a bank barn which, of
course, burned long before my
time. As the story goes, Scott
and my uncle hid from Mom
and
Sue in the top of the bank
barn, but could see them from
the windows in the loft.
Well, Uncle Dale and Scott
got the grand idea to stand on a
bucket and toss things “just to
scare them” at the two unsuspecting girls as they search and
searched for the hidden boys.
They threw buckets, they
threw cans and then, Scott got
the grand idea to throw random
planks of wood out the window.
Only one of the pieces came
back out of the window, catching

Scott in the back of the head.
“Oh my, there was blood
everywhere!” Scott said. “My
head was just gushing blood
and your grandmother Grace
was freaking out, the girls were
freaking out — it was great.”
Scott still has the scar on the
back of his head where the
board cut all the way to the
skull. That must have been one
dandy game of Hide and Seek.
After our lunches, I usually
call my mom to share the stories Scott shared to hear her
side of the story and of course,
check his accuracy which has
been spot on to this day.
“Oh yeah, I remember that,”
Mom will say. “There was blood
every where. My mom freaked
out … I forgot all about that.”
To this day, Scott still has the
scar from the game of Hide and
Seek that went horribly wrong
— and now, I have the story to
pass down.
So share your stories and
pass the salt with someone this
spring! Have a great week folks!
— “Twin” Melanie Yingst
appears on Fridays in the Troy
Daily News. She likes her eggs
over easy.

Skydiver makes test jump
for highest jump record
(AP) — Skydiving daredevil Felix
Baumgartner is more than halfway
toward his goal of setting a world record
for the highest jump.
Baumgartner lifted off Thursday for
a test jump from Roswell, N.M., aboard a
100-foot helium balloon. He rode inside
a pressurized capsule to 71,581 feet —
13.6 miles — and then jumped. He parachuted to a safe landing, according to
project spokeswoman Trish Medalen.
He’s aiming for nearly 23 miles this
summer. The record is 19.5 miles.
“The view is amazing, way better
than I thought,” Baumgartner said after
the practice jump, in remarks provided
by his representatives.
Thursday’s rehearsal was a test of
his capsule, full-pressure suit, parachutes and other systems. A mini
Mission Control — fashioned after
NASA’s — monitored his flight.
Baumgartner reached speeds of up to
364.4 mph Thursday and was in free fall
for three minutes and 43 seconds, before
pulling his parachute cords, Medalen
said. The entire jump lasted eight minutes and eight seconds. She stressed
that the numbers are still unofficial.
With Thursday’s successful test,
Baumgartner is believed to be only the
third person ever to jump from such a
high altitude and free fall to a safe landing, and the first in a half-century.
“I’m now a member of a pretty small
club,” he said.
When the 42-year-old Austrian
known as “Fearless Felix” leaps from
120,000 feet in a few months, he expects
to break the sound barrier as he falls
through the stratosphere at supersonic
speed.
There’s virtually no atmosphere that
far up, making it extremely hostile to
humans, thus the need for a pressure
suit and oxygen supply.
The record for the highest free fall is
held by Joe Kittinger, a retired Air Force
officer from Florida.
He jumped from 102,800 feet — 19.5
miles — in 1960. Baumgartner is out to
beat that record. He plans one more dry
run — jumping from 90,000 feet —
before attempting the full 120,000 feet.
The launch window opens in July and
extends until the beginning of October.
For comparison, commercial jets generally cruise at over 30,000 feet.
Baumgartner has jumped 2,500

OBITUARIES

GERALYN ‘SUSIE’ SMITH
SIDNEY — Geralyn
“Susie” Smith, 48, of 528
Jefferson St., Sidney, died
Wednesday, March 14,
2012, at her residence.
She was born
June 8, 1963,
in Piqua, to Leo
Schemmel of
Daytona
Beach, Fla.,
and the late
Geraldine
(Langston)
Schemmel.
Survivors
include three
SMITH
sons, Jeremy
Schemmel of Piqua, Sean
Jackson of Piqua and
Dusty Jackson of Piqua;
four sisters, Diana
Kellems of Sidney, Kathy
Hurley of Piqua, Sandy
Causey of Piqua, Wendy
(Shane) Jasper-Norris

and Renee (Mark) Bolin
of Piqua; a brother,
Charlie (Beth) Schemmel
of Sidney; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by a daughter,
Julie Michelle
Jackson.
A service to
honor her life
will be conducted at 4 p.m.
Monday, March
19, at the
Jamieson &
Yannucci Funeral
Home, Piqua. Visitation
will be from 3-4 p.m.
Monday at the funeral
home.
Condolences to the family also may be expressed
through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

PAULINE LAVERNE STINE

AP PHOTO

In this photo provided by Red Bull Stratos, Felix Baumgartner prepares to
jump during the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos over Roswell,
N.M. on Thursday.
“I like to challenge myself,”
times from planes and helicopters, as
well as some of the highest landmarks Baumgartner told The Associated Press
and skyscrapers on the planet — the in a recent interview, “and this is the
Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking ultimate skydive. I think there’s nothing
Rio de Janeiro, the Millau Viaduct in bigger than that.”
He’s caught NASA’s attention, even
southern France, the 101-story Taipei
though space officially begins much
101 in Taiwan.
He’s also plunged deep into the higher at an even 100 kilometers, or 62
Earth, leaping face-first into a pitch- miles.
Kittinger is now 83 and one of
dark cave in Croatia.
Baumgartner considers that 620- Baumgartner’s chief advisers. A former
foot-deep cave jump his most dangerous NASA flight director directs the medical
feat so far, soon to be outdone by his team: Dr. Jonathan Clark, whose astrostratospheric plunge. His mission takes naut wife, Laurel, was killed aboard
its name, Red Bull Stratos, from the space shuttle Columbia in 2003. The
stratosphere as well as the energy accident led Clark to become an expert
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Money woes showing up for Romney
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP)
— The long and increasingly messy
Republican presidential contest is
starting to hit Mitt Romney where it
hurts most: his wallet.
New signs of financial stress are
emerging in Romney’s
campaign, which has built
a wide lead in delegates
thanks in part to the
might of his bank account
and multistate operation.
As rival Rick Santorum’s
surprising strength keeps
extending the nomination
battle, Romney has scaled
back expenses, trimmed
field staff in some cases and ROMNEY
begun to count more on free
media coverage to reach voters. And
he’s still relying on an allied super
political action committee to supplement his spending on expensive TV
ads.
This
week,
the
former
Massachusetts governor was forced
to spend two days privately courting
donors in the New York area, even as
his Republican rivals were wooing
voters ahead of pivotal elections in

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places like Illinois, where he hasn’t
been in four months, and as
President Barack Obama was stockpiling cash for the fall general election fight.
On Wednesday, Romney had five
finance events in New
York, all packed, raising
about $3 million, with
more set for Thursday. So
the news is hardly all bad.
Wednesday “was the best
day we’ve had so far,” said
New York Jets owner
Woody Johnson, who
accompanied Romney to
multiple events, including
a donor breakfast in New
York City.
But it’s less encouraging for the
campaign that the money is badly
needed to re-fill coffers that had
sunk close to their lowest levels since
Romney launched his presidential
effort last year.
It’s unclear if he will tap his own
personal wealth.
The former financial executive,
whose personal wealth is estimated
between $190 million and $250 mil-

lion, loaned his 2008 presidential
campaign $42 million. Top aide Eric
Fehrnstrom says Romney has not
loaned his campaign any new funds
this cycle and has “no plans” to do so.
Raising money to get through a
protracted primary fight is clearly
not how Romney wanted to be spending his spring. He had hoped to have
wrapped up the nomination by now,
giving him the freedom to raise
money for the general election
against Obama. The incumbent
Democrat doesn’t have a primary
challenge, and already is well into
running for re-election. He’s spending 14 hours Friday raising money;
the biggest event is to be with
actor/director Tyler Perry and musician Cee Lo Green in Atlanta.
As Romney reloads for his GOP
fight, his chief Republican rival,
Santorum, is showcasing new
fundraising success. The once-lopsided money race between the top
two Republican candidates has never
been closer. For the month of
February, Romney boasted his second-best fundraising month ever,
taking in $11.5 million.

LAKELAND, Fla. —
Pauline Laverne Stine
(nee Peneton), 91, of
Lakeland, Fla., passed
away peacefully Sunday,
Dec. 4, 2011, with her
daughter Linda by her
side.
Born March 16,
1920, in
Springfield,
Ohio, Pauline
was the daughter of Raymond
and Nona
(Thomas)
Peneton and
was a graduate
of Rockway
School in
Springfield, and a STINE
business school graduate.
Pauline worked as a personal secretary at Gum
Products and also worked
for the U.S. Postal Service
in Piqua, Ohio, where she
had a walking route and
also a rural route.
Pauline played the organ
at the VFW, Elks, Ramada
Inn and at her church and
also played the organ and
sang at the Winter Garden
in Piqua, and her signature song was “Pennies
from Heaven.”
Pauline married
Emerson H. Stine on Oct.
21, 1941, and they were
married 24 years until his
passing on Nov. 23, 1965.
She was preceded in

death by her parents; her
husband, Emerson; a son,
Steven Stine in 2006; a
sister, Evelyn Schuffe,
who perished in the
Beverly Hills Supper Club
fire; and a brother, Billy
Peneton.
Pauline
leaves behind
her loving
daughter,
Linda Weldy of
Lakeland, and
son Michael
(Kathy) Stine
of Lebanon,
Ohio; grandchildren
Donna,
Stephanie,
Jennifer, Angela, Mic,
Matt and Mark; seven
great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Erma Caffeo
and many other family
members.
Calling hours will be
from 5-6 p.m. Friday,
March 16, at the Stine
Kilburn Funeral
Home.
A memorial service will
be at 6 p.m. at the funeral
home with Pastor Steve
Tufts officiating.
Burial will be in the
Forest Hill Cemetery,
Piqua.
Online condolences may
be sent by visiting
www.stinekilburnfuneralhome.com.

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Exits can be tough in presidential races
can be just as tough, a very public his career. Since leaving Congress in
admission of failure.
1998, he has cultivated politically con“Sometimes you’re in the bubble so nected businesses that he may need to
long and working so hard
consider as he weighs his
that you just can’t see the off
campaign’s future.
switch,”
said
Keith
Speaking to a GOP dinNahigian, who managed
ner Wednesday night in
Bachmann’s presidential
Illinois, Gingrich defiantly
campaign and worked on
proclaimed that no other
seven others before that.
candidates
for
the
Timing an exit can make
Republican nomination offer
a difference.
policy solutions as bold as
After a graceful 2008
his on such issues as energy
departure, Mike Huckabee
development and governfound post-campaign life GINGRICH
ment restructuring.
lucrative, through book sales
“That’s why I’m still runand a cable TV show.
ning. The vacuum is so huge,” Gingrich
That year, Mitt Romney didn’t over- said, calling his effort “the politics of big
stay his welcome either and left himself ideas.”
in a commanding position for a shot in
“The news media can’t cover it,” he
said, “and, candidly, my opponents can’t
2012.
At 68, Gingrich is in the twilight of comprehend it.”
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PALATINE, Ill. (AP) — It’s hard to
say goodbye in presidential politics.
Newt Gingrich’s campaign pinned
his future on two Deep South victories,
which never materialized. Yet the former House speaker is pressing on
despite a path to victory that seems
more improbable by the day.
The 2012 GOP race has seen such
stand-tough moments before. Tim
Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Herman
Cain, Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry all
promised to soldier on when things
looked bleak. Eventually they bowed
out — some meekly — after realizing
they couldn’t overcome increasingly
long odds.
The decision to make a run at
America’s highest office is difficult,
given a presidential campaign’s grueling hours, grinding travel, constant
exposure and lost privacy. Getting out

In this June 24, 2011, file photo, a judge evaluates Yoda
during the 2011 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest in
Petaluma, Calif. The 14-year-old Chinese Crested and
Chihuahua mix took top honors winning $1,000 and a
plethora of pet perks at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Reigning ‘world’s
ugliest dog’ dies
HANFORD, Calif. (AP)
When a beloved pet dies,
good manners usually dictate saying something nice
about the departed companion.
And for Yoda, it was a
compliment to say she sure
was ugly.
Yoda won the 2011
World’s Ugliest Dog contest
at the Sonoma Marin Fair for
her short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long,
seemingly hairless legs.
The Chinese crested and
Chihuahua mix died in her
sleep Saturday. She was 15.
The 1.8-pound pooch had
lived a rough life before
Terry Schumacher found her
abandoned behind an apartment building and mistook
her for a rat.

The dog went on to bag
$1,000 and a trophy
15 times her size when she
won the contest held in
Petaluma, Calif., last June.
Yoda and Schumacher
became famous, appearing
on national television.
Contest producer Vicki
DeArmon said Yoda will keep
the title until a new
ugliest dog is crowned in
June.
Schumacher, of Hanford,
Calif.,
told
the
Hanford Sentinel that she
will miss “her funny little
ways.”
But Schumacher said she
was “comforted knowing she
will be joining my Mom and
Dad, who loved her so much.
Her memories will live on
forever.”

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21 JUMP STREET: The TV show that made
Johnny Depp a star is little more than a jumpingoff point for this rowdy, raunchy big-screen update
that aims for laughs over action and delivers them
intermittently. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are
surprisingly amusing together as newbie cops
sent undercover as high school kids to root out a
drug ring. Directors Phil Lord and Christopher
Miller take everything — the car chases, the
shootouts, the teen kegger, the goofy idiocy of the
characters — to the extreme. Some of the absurd
violence is funny, some is pointlessly mean and
nasty enough to jar viewers out of the action now
and then. Hill and Tatum’s odd-couple act is the
best thing about the movie, both playing the
straight man yet managing to make their partnership much funnier than the hit-and-miss jokes and
action really are. The movie’s nimble pacing also
helps, sneaking in some slick, wily tidbits and
powering through the many gags that would fall
flat if you had another second or two to think
about them. It doesn’t work all the time, or even
most of the time, but it does work enough of the
time to make this more enjoyable than most of
Hollywood’s unimaginative remakes and updates.
R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material, teen drinking and some violence. 109 minutes. Two and a half stars out of
four. — David Germain, AP Movie Writer
CASA DE MI PADRE: This is a total goof, of
course. That’s obvious even before Will Ferrell,
dressed in a cowboy hat and a neckerchief sitting
astride a horse in the Mexican desert, opens his
mouth and utters his first overly enunciated
Spanish words. It’s clear from the titles: a grainy,
bloody, Tarantino-style montage of melodramatic
spaghetti Western imagery, featuring Christina
Aguilera belting out the bombastic theme song.
The affection for B-movies and telenovelas is
clear in this sendup from Matt Piedmont (making
his directing debut) and writer Andrew Steele,
longtime collaborators of Ferrell’s from “Saturday
Night Live” and “Funny or Die.” But the premise,
which would have been just fine as a sketch, feels
as if it’s been stretched awfully thin to fill an entire
feature. Still, you have to give everyone involved
credit for just going for it. That starts with Ferrell
himself, speaking solid Spanish (albeit with an
Americanized accent) as Armando Alvarez, a
dimwitted ranchero whose successful businessman brother, Raul (Diego Luna), is the star of the
family as far as their father (the late Pedro
Armendariz Jr.) is concerned. When Raul brings
home his stunningly beautiful fiancee (Genesis
Rodriguez), it further seals his superiority. But it
turns out Raul is a drug dealer locked in a turf
war with the powerful Onza (Luna’s friend and frequent co-star Gael Garcia Bernal). Intentional
continuity errors, missing frames and cheap production values abound. R for bloody violence, language, and some sexual content and drug use. In
Spanish with English subtitles. 84 minutes. Two
stars out of four. — Christy Lemire, AP Movie
Critic
JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME: Mark Duplass
has said that he and his brother, Jay, look to the
veteran Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre
and Luc Dardenne for artistic inspiration, with
their naturalistic, documentary-style approach to
telling feature stories. That’s evident once again in
this sweet, slight tale told with simple intimacy
and a deadpan tone to its absurd humor. Not
much happens over a meandering day in suburban Baton Rouge, La., but it all builds to a climax
that makes the journey worthwhile. Jason Segel
plays the titular character, a 30-year-old slacker
who still lives in the basement of his childhood
home. Inspired by the M. Night Shyamalan movie
“Signs,” he believes there are no coincidences,
that everything happens for a reason if you’re willing to open your mind and pay attention to the
daily details that can determine your fate. And so
a simple errand for his widowed, enabling mother
(Susan Sarandon in a lovely, understated performance) turns into a weird and winding adventure involving pickup basketball, amateur
sleuthing and an elusive man named Kevin. The
Duplasses create the sensation that we’re just following along wherever Jeff takes us, without judgment. Ed Helms and Judy Greer co-star. R for language including sexual references and some drug
use. 82 minutes. Three stars out of four.
— Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic

Chamber concert to
feature woodwinds
For the Troy Daily News
The
Troy-Hayner
Cultural Center, 301 W.
Main St., will present a
chamber concert performance by Burning River Trio
and
the
Whitewater
Quintet at 7:30 p.m. March
27. The concert is presented free and open to the
public.
The Burning River
Winds, formed in 2006 by
oboist Katherine deGruchy
and
bassoonist
John
deGruchy, have performed
extensively
throughout
South West Ohio including
the Dayton Art Institute,
Hayner Center, Hamilton
Fairfield Chamber Music
Festival and the Piqua Arts
Council. They enjoy playing a wide variety of cham-

TROY
ber music repertory, which
includes works by Poulenc,
Francaix, Head, Jacobs and
Ibert, among others.
The Hayner Center also
includes Dr. Randall S.
Paul, music department
chair at Wright State
University, as coordinator
of the Chamber Concert
Series.
The
Troy-Hayner
Cultural Center is Troy’s
tax supported community
center, located in the historic home of Mary Jane
Hayner.
Additional information
about this concert and all
of the events offered by the
center is available at
www.troyhayner.org.

7
March 16, 2012

Obama campaign releases
documentary on first term
WASHINGTON (AP) — Helped
by Hollywood, President Barack
Obama’s campaign is releasing a 17minute documentary that portrays
the president as a resolute figure
who confronted a massive economic
downturn and the aftermath
of the nation’s war on terrorism with determination and
a series of tough decisions.
The documentary, commissioned by the Obama
campaign, provides a window into how his team is trying to sell the president’s reelection bid: As a man of
principle who faced daunting challenges from the
OBAMA
moment he won election but
persevered to rescue the U.S. auto
industry, begin rebuilding the economy, pass health care reform and
authorize the raid that killed Osama
bin Laden.
“As president, the tough decisions
that he would make would not only
determine the course of the nation,
but they would reveal the character
of the man,” says actor Tom Hanks,
the film’s narrator.
Obama’s campaign released “The
Road We’ve Traveled” on Thursday at
300 screenings across the nation. The
documentary was directed by Davis
Guggenheim, whose credits include
the Academy Award-winning, “An
Inconvenient Truth,” about Al Gore’s
global-warming campaign.
Republicans have dismissed the
film, which cost at least $345,000 to
make, as nothing more than a slick
piece of propaganda that fails to take
full stock of Obama’s presidency.
Critics will likely note that the documentary doesn’t emphasize a jobless
rate of more than 8 percent during
most of Obama’s presidency, mount-

ing debt or spiking gas prices.
“The American people don’t need
a Hollywood movie to know what the
president accomplished over the past
three years,” said Kirsten Kukowski,
a Republican National Committee
spokeswoman.
“Unfortunately
Americans feel Obama’s
accomplishments each
and every day after
President Obama led
our country to higher
unemployment, record
debt, and higher gas
prices.”
In the week since
Obama’s
campaign
released a trailer for the
film, Republicans have pointed to an
interview Guggenheim gave to
CNN’s Piers Morgan in which the
director said “the negative for me
was there were too many accomplishments” to cite in the film. “I’m really
quite in awe of him as a leader and
the choices he made,” he told
Morgan.
The documentary features interviews with former President Bill
Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden,
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and
others, offering a mostly grim
recounting of the problems Obama
tackled. After hearing of the dire economic conditions shortly after
Obama’s election, his adviser David
Axelrod recalls, “All I was thinking at
this moment — could we get a
recount?”
Clinton is a voice of validation
throughout the film, crediting
Obama for his decision to pursue
health care reform — an overhaul
that eluded his own presidency —
and swift moves to rescue General
Motors and Chrysler from collapse.

“

The American
people don’t need
a Hollywood movie to
know what the president
accomplished over the
past three years.
— Kirsten
Kukowski

”

The former president is effusive in
his praise of Obama’s green-lighting
of the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden.
“He took the harder and the more
honorable path. When I saw what
had happened, I said to myself, ‘I
hope that’s a call I would have
made,’” Clinton said.
Biden says of Obama’s decision:
“If he was wrong, his presidency was
done. Over.”
Obama’s interview is used sparingly. The president talks about how
his mother’s finances were drained
by her struggle with cancer — underscoring his pursuit of health care
reform — and how he felt after the
killing of bin Laden.
Obama said he “didn’t have time
for a lot of feelings” following the raid
“because our guys were still in that
compound. And it wasn’t until I knew
they were across the border, they
were safe, everyone was accounted
for, including the dog, that I allowed
some satisfaction.”
The film takes a dig at Republican
frontrunner Mitt Romney, showing
his 2008 New York Times op-ed on
the faltering U.S. auto industry,
which was entitled, “Let Detroit Go
Bankrupt.”

Springsteen
gives music
history lesson
Musicians hear tips on
how to approach careers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
They call him The Boss for
a reason.
Showing there’s no need
for a backing band to bring
out his outsized charisma
on
stage,
Bruce
Springsteen took a rapt
audience on a personal
music history journey. He
also gave young rockers
insightful advice in an
often hilarious tour-deforce keynote speech that
was one of the most anticipated events at the South
By
Southwest
Music
Conference and Festival
this year.
“Good morning, good
morning, good morning,”
Springsteen said after taking the stage at 12:30 p.m.
“Why are we up so (expletive) early. How important
is this speech if we’re giving it at noon? Every musician in town is asleep, or
they will be by the time I
finish this speech.”
The Boss on Thursday
takes over Austin. Besides
the speech, he’s putting on
an exclusive show later in
the evening. He got off to
an often riotous start as he

name-checked all the musicians that have inspired
him over the years from
Elvis to James Brown and
Woody Guthrie to Johnny
Rotten. He marveled at the
unfathomable diversity at
SXSW and led a sing-along of “This Land is Your
Land.”
Springsteen is hot with
his new album, “Wrecking
Ball,” debuting at No. 1 in
14 countries after its
release last week and with
a world tour scheduled. It’s
his first tour since last
year’s death of his saxophonist and main on-stage
sidekick Clarence Clemons.
Those musicians who
managed to wake up and
catch the speech got a lesson in how to approach
your career and a long list
of influences to check out.
About 1,000 SXSW attendees filled a ballroom in
the Austin Convention
Center for the 50-minute
speech and NPR carried it
live via Internet stream.
Among those attending
was Juanes, the Colombian
rock
star
who
saw
Springsteen live for the

AP PHOTO

Musician Bruce Springsteen gives the keynote address
at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, on
Thursday.
first time just last Friday
at The Apollo. He loved
Springsteen’s riff on creativity most of all.
“It was great,” said
Juanes, who sang in
English in public for the
first time during a tribute
to Guthrie before the
speech.
“It was like a lesson if
you go to a university. He’s
got the whole career. I was
thinking and thinking, it’s
like inside me, many things
that he was saying. I feel
the same, how we’re so connected.”
Springsteen marveled
at the diversity in 21st century pop music, almost rapping a long list of genres

that would have boggled
the mind of that young boy
in New Jersey in the 1960s
who had just 10 years of
rock ‘n’ roll history to draw
his influences from.
“Just add neo- and postto everything and mention
them all again. Oh, yeah,”
he said as an afterthought,
“and rock ‘n’ roll.”
He talked about first
seeing Elvis and his pelvis
on “The Ed Sullivan Show,”
the exquisite agony of Roy
Orbison, the way The
Beatles, Bob Dylan and
The Animals set music
free, and the rise of punk
rock and soul music as
forces of change in the
1970s.

TOP 20 CONCERT TOURS
(AP) — The Top 20
Concert Tours ranks
artists by average box
office gross per city and
includes the average ticket
price for shows in North
America. The previous
week’s ranking is in
parentheses. The list is
based on data provided to
the trade publication
Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
TOP 20 CONCERT
TOURS
1. (1) Cirque du Soleil
— “Michael Jackson: The
Immortal”; $2,256,258;
$109.63.
2. (3) Cirque du Soleil

Add some color
to prom this year
BY DANAE KING
For the Troy Daily News
editorial@tdnpublishing.com
Prom accessories are
going to the next level this
year, with brighter colors,
more elaborate elements and
more options.
“Corsages are more like
a small arrangement or bouquet that goes along with the
theme of the dress,” said Lori
Stotler, owner of Your
Personal Florist in Troy.
Basic corsages start at
$18 at Your Personal Florist,
and at $18.50 at Dekker
Flowers in Sidney.
Each place has corsages
that can be built on from the
basics, with each element
causing a slight price
increase. Dekker offers a
prom corsage for $22.50.
“It’s all blinged out with
jewels and everything,” said
Tiffany Terry, manager of
Dekker Flowers. “An average
wrist corsage is not all
blinged out and done up like
we do for prom. We always
put the extra things in for
prom.”

At Dekker, Terry uses different beads, gems, feathers,
pearls and rhinestones to
spice up corsages for
prom. Stotler offers girls the
option of adding beads,
rhinestones, jewels, pearls,
ribbons, butterflies, feathers
and other accent elements
into their corsages. Feathers
are a new trend this year,
Stotler said.
“They can soften it and
add a pop of color,” Stotler
said.
Offered in bright colors
and inexpensive, Stotler said
feathers can work as a filler
in a corsage without stealing
the focal point from the flowers.
Feathers aren’t the only
element that is adding a pop
of color to corsages, flowers
in colors to accent the color
of the dress are also becoming more popular.
“It used to be all white,”
Stotler said. “Stem-dyed
blues are really pretty.”
Traditional sweetheart
roses are the most popular
for prom, Stotler said, but
she prefers when customers

go with what she calls a
“more elegant touch.”
For
more
elegance,
Stotler suggests orchids or
gerbera daisies. To glitz up
corsages even more, girls can
decorate the elastic bands
that go around their wrists
and hold the corsages.
“They’ve gone to quite
elaborate wrist bands,”
Stotler said.
The bands can be beaded,
feature rhinestones or pearls
and can be worn as a
bracelet after prom, Stotler
said. Wrist corsages aren’t
the only option, Stotler also
offers upper arm corsages,
necklace flowers, hair flowers and anklets.
Terry offers upper arm
flowers, but hasn’t had any
requests for anklets. At
Dekker, boutonnieres cost
$8.50,
Terry said guys usually
try to match their boutonniere to the corsage.
As far as boutonnieres go,
at Your Personal Florist,
they run around $6.50 to
$8.50.
Guys also can have

STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER

Your Personal Florist owner Lori Stotler puts together a vibrant arrangement at her
shop in Troy.
embellishments added to said she can get anything
”We can really take them
their boutonnieres to match people want for prom, but to the next level with their
their date’s corsage. Stotler they have to order early.
corsage,” Stotler said.

Dishes for a
deal for two

Perfect prom
apparel

BY SHERYL ROADCAP
Ohio Community Media

Feathers for girls,
slim-cut for guys
said Juanita McCrum,
owner of Ron & Nita’s in
Sidney. “It fits more like
a young man’s suit.”
Bert Harrison, the
If you’re a girl who
wants to be “in” when it owner of Barclay’s MenWomen Clothiers in
comes to the perfect
dress for the prom, think Piqua, noted that jackets
feathers. If you’re a guy, are “a tad shorter” this
year.
think slim-cut tux.
“A lot of guys are
“The more feathers on
adding pocket squares to
the dress, the better,”
go with the girls’ outfits.
said Peggy Wireman,
It’s a splash of color,”
store manager at the
McCrum said.
Bridal Emporium in
And color is very
Wapakoneta. “About half
our dresses have a feath- important to young
women, Wireman said.
er somewhere.”
The top color choices for
Peacock feathers,
dresses this year are
black feathers and blue
teals, blues and purples.
feathers seem to be the
“Reds are going to be
most popular, but they
come in a variety of col- hot, because they pop
and the girls like them,”
ors.
she added. Animal
The wispy tufts also
prints, which were big a
show up in hair ornayear ago, are not as popments, along with flowular in 2012, although
ers and “bling.”
Tuxedos are available they are still available
for the girls who want
in any number of styles
them.
and cuts.
Dress hems may be
“They’re coming out
with one that fits a little high or low, but this
year’s fashions show
tighter, a slimmer cut,”
BY PATRICIA ANN
SPEELMAN
pspeelman@sdnccg.com

OCM/LUKE GRONNEBERG

Peggy Wireman, left, store manager at Bridal Emporium
in Wapakoneta, assists Whitney Lauck, 17, as Lauck
looks for the perfect dress to wear to her prom at Perry
High School. Lauck is the daughter of Cathy and John
Lauck.
some leg. In some cases, stone earrings instead of
necklaces. Purse choices
Wireman said, a dress,
are small, clutch bags,
itself, may be short but
it has a long, detachable Garland said, which can
also be studded with
skirt. Or it will have a
rhinestones.
short hem in the front
According to Garland,
and be long in the back.
the favorite flower for
As for accessories,
girls “like a lot of bling,” corsages is the rose, in
colors to complement the
said Cindy Garland,
owner of the Ivy Garland dress. And the corsage of
choice is worn on the
in Sidney. “Rhinestones
wrist. Boutonnieres are
on head bands for hair
roses, too.
pieces and rhinestone
“Some people get
jewelry.” Because many
of the dresses are spark- other flowers, but usually, Wireman sees a trend ly, it’s roses,” she said.
Dresses at Bridal
to long, dangly, rhineEmporium cost from
$250 to $700, with most
in the range of $300$400. Accessories at the
Ivy Garland run from
$14.99 to $29.99.
Harrison cautions
young men to order their
tuxes as early as possible. Because many area
proms are on the same
weekend, the really popular choices get rented
quickly.
“Don’t wait to see
what color your date’s
dress is,” he said. “Get
the tux ordered and
worry about a color of tie
or vest later. The earlier
you can get in, the better
you are at getting the
style you want.”

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As spring approaches,
many plans are being made
for one of the most memorable events in the life of a
teenager — prom night.
With many local proms
scheduled for April and
May, there stands to be a lot
of preparation and activity
surrounding these big
nights. So who better to
defer to concerning these
events than the juniors and
seniors themselves who will
be attending the dance?
From dress shopping, to
scheduling hair and nail
appointments, to deciding
where to eat, Piqua High
junior
Taylor
School
Mayberry
and
senior
Kassidy Liptock are two
such girls who are excitedly
in the midst of planning
their prom nights.
“People started talking
about it (prom) like a month
and a half ago, at least.
Everyone talks about it,”
Liptock said.
“I’m already getting my
tan on and already made
my hair appointment,”
Mayberry said.
Each of the girls are
planning to go with big
groups of 10 or more with
“probably more people joining in as the day gets nearer,” said the girls.
They explain that everyone meets together at a
friend’s house, in which the
parents, armed with cameras, document their special
evening.
Liptock recalls that last
year her group of 15 went to
Ruby Tuesdays for dinner
before prom, but they are
still undecided where their
dinner reservation will be
this year.
Mayberry said that her
group is considering going
to
The
Greene
in
Beavercreek.
“I think everyone in my
group kind of wants to go to
The Greene because it is
really nice there and will
look good for pictures. We
have a lot of people in our
group, so we were going to
go there, maybe, because
there are so many choices,
and everyone might want to
go to different restaurants
with just a couple of people,”
Mayberry said.
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hearsay about past groups
of prom-goers touring
through Walmart before the
dance are true, and she
admits to also wasting some
time there before homecoming last fall, “just to be
funny.”
In light of the indecision
that many teenagers may
be facing when considering
dinner destinations, below
are a few local restaurants
between Sidney, Piqua and
Troy that are offering some
type of deal for those
attending prom.
• The Bridge in Sidney,
which sponsored the prom
tickets bought by students
of Sidney and Lehman
Catholic high schools, has
attached a coupon to each
ticket for the opportunity to
buy one entrée and get one
half off. The Bridge is located at 127 W. Poplar St.,
Sidney, and can be contacted at (937) 492-2542 or at
www.thebridgesidney.com.
General manager Jason
Steeber said, “Since those
two schools are local, we are
giving them coupons to
come here.”
• In Piqua, Beppo Uno
Pizzeria’s owner Darla
Williamson said that they
are offering Prom specials
as well. Williamson said the
teenagers can buy any two
pasta entrées, which comes
with a salad and garlic
bread, and a dessert (to
share), for $30. There are
several dessert options to
choose between, from a
Bailey’s Irish Cream cheesecake, to a white chocolate
truffle with raspberry
sauce, to tiramisu.
“I think that’s reasonable
for them to be able to take
their date out. They don’t
need a coupon or anything,
they just need to say that
they are here for the prom
special,” Williamson said.
Beppo Uno Pizzeria and
Trattoria is located at 414
W. Water St., Piqua, and can
be contacted at (937) 6151100
or
at
www.beppouno.com.
• The Troy Filling
Station is offering a selection of two dinner entrées
for $20 for prom-goers.
Dinner entrées vary from a
fried shrimp platter to an 8
ounce
sirloin,
which
includes two side dishes.
They also plan to offer a
special virgin drink menu
created especially for prom
night. Dining room manager Kevin Ingersoll said, “We
have a large game room
here, so they would have
something to do if they have
some time to kill before
prom, after they eat,
because we are also giving
$2 worth of tokens for each
entrée purchase.”
The Troy Filling Station
is located at 2331 W. Market
St., Troy, and can be contacted at 339-4800.

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Tell parents
how much
their behavior
hurts you
Dear Annie: I live five hours
away from my parents and a
married younger brother. I work
two jobs and can only afford to
visit my folks once a month or so.
Lately, when I have driven out
to see them, I am the last to discover that the four of them have
already made plans. They never
think to ask if I want to join
them. Sometimes, I end up
attending the same concert but
sitting in the back, alone, while
they have better seats. Or I
house-sit while they spend the
weekend at a casino.
I have tried phoning weeks
ahead to let them know when I
am coming, and I've changed my
plans if I learn they are already
busy that weekend. Yet asking to
join them seems to surprise
everyone and invariably ends up
being quite awkward.
What drove me to tears was
when they made plans to go to
Mexico for a week this summer,
and I found out about it when
my father told me offhandedly
that the four of them had booked
their flight. When I asked why I
wasn't invited, he responded by
saying that they were given
paired tickets, and because I am
single, it would have meant one
unused ticket. My mother then
said I was welcome to come if I
paid for my own plane ticket and
hotel room.
I always thought I was close to
my family, but now I see that I'm
being left out because I am not
married. I'd like to be with them,
but if I am going to be ignored,
how do I handle that? — Exiled
Fifth Wheel
Dear Exiled: We don't think
this is deliberate so much as
thoughtless. Your parents and
brother make plans together
when it is convenient for them
and don't consider your presence
a factor because you are usually
away. You could try explaining
how hurt you are when they do
this, but don't expect it to change
much. Let your parents know
when you are planning to visit,
and ask whether they have
already made plans. If so, don't
try to join them. Come the weekend before or after. And in the
meantime, do more things on
your own or with friends.
Dear Annie: My uncle (my
mother's brother) and his two
sons, both of whom are in their
mid-50s, are planning to visit
me. Their mom died last year.
While I was close to my aunt, I
have never communicated much
with my uncle or cousins. They
didn't even send an email when
my dad passed away three years
ago.
Now, suddenly, these three
men are planning to drive from
Vermont to my house in Florida.
One says he'll make his famous
chili in my kitchen. I told them,
"Thanks, but no thanks."
My mother is angry with me
for not welcoming this male trio.
They will be at my mother's
house for several days, and my
husband and I have offered to
drive there (it's three hours
away) and take everyone out for
dinner instead. Am I doing the
wrong thing? — Florida
Daughter
Dear Daughter: No, and your
offer to treat them to a meal at
Mom's is lovely. Some men are
notoriously poor communicators,
and the niceties of sending letters or emails escape them. It is
obvious that Mom wishes you
had a closer relationship and
hoped this would provide an
opportunity, but welcoming them
into your home is entirely your
decision.
Dear Annie: The letter from
"Confused in Connecticut" hit
home with me. I was an overweight child myself, so I feel for
her. When I was 24, I decided I
didn't want to be overweight
anymore, so I joined Weight
Watchers. It gave me a healthy
program to follow and helped me
learn what triggered my eating.
It taught me to eat appropriately
and keep the weight off. That
was 33 years ago, and I have
been a lifetime member and
leader since. Thank you for letting me help. — Bremen, Ind.
Annie's Mailbox is written by
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,
longtime editors of the Ann
Landers column. Please email
your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to:
Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators
Syndicate, 737 3rd Street,
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HINTS FROM HELOISE

Power strip helps make traveling more like home
Dear Heloise: Traveling today
with so many rechargeable things
— phones, cameras, e-book readers, computers, etc. — I always
bring a power strip along. We were
in Israel, and one evening my
roommate and I had two phones, a
camera, an e-book reader and my
computer plugged into one power
strip. Also, take it in your carry-on.
Our phones needed to be
charged, and there were only two
plugs in the area of the airport we
were in. We asked permission to let
us plug in the power strip, and then
several people could charge their
phones, etc., at one time. — Judy
F., Baton Rouge, La.
SOAP-BAR STORAGE
Dear Heloise: I like to buy my

Hints from Heloise
Columnist
and my husband’s favorite brand of
bath soap when it’s on sale. I then
put a still-wrapped bar in each
appropriate dresser drawer so our
clothes keep that shower-fresh
scent. — Madge in Florida
SAFETY HINT
Dear Heloise: Here is a safety
hint: When backing out of a parking spot, turn on your four-way

flashers. (It’s usually a button on
the dash with a red triangle.) That
way, others will know that you
intend to back out.
This has saved me several times
from parking-lot mishaps. —
Michael B.,
Prescott Lakes, Ariz.
LIPSTICK
Dear Heloise: My favorite lipstick has been discontinued, and I
have seven used tubes. Is there any
way that the lipstick left at the bottom of the used tubes can be consolidated into usable lipsticks?
Please advise. Your column provides many useful ideas to me. —
Joyce in Houston
Joyce, yes, I can help you to be
able to use that favorite shade. With

a lip brush, you can get out many
more applications.
Or, a small spatula and a plastic
pillbox to the rescue! Carefully
scoop the lipstick out of the bottom
of the tube with a small, plastic
spatula. Scrape the product into a
plastic pillbox or contact-lens holder, then use a lip brush to apply. —
Heloise
REUSING PAPER TOWELS
Dear Heloise: I save damp but
clean paper towels to use again.
They are advertised as being
reusable, so I really do reuse them.
I let the towels dry and use for dirty
jobs like wiping off the stove or
blotting up yucky spills. Saves
money in a green way. — Jo, via
email

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Friday, March 16, 2012
You are likely to be in a favorable
growth pattern in the year ahead, not
only financially but personally as
well. Your gains may not come in
large doses, but they will be consistent, impressive and make an imprint
on your personality.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — If you
have some time to devote to a pleasurable pursuit, get out and go someplace where you can meet and mingle
with new people. The change will do
you good.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Get out
and mingle while your popularity is
at a high point. Even those who might
have been a bit standoffish in the past
will now orbit around your flame.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — The
best way to be successful is to make
sure that your thinking is totally flexible, so that you’ll be able to see
things in a completely new light. Having an open mind is the key.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Go with
the flow, even if what occurs is far
afield from what you were hoping to
do. New doors could be opened to you.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — A cooperative spirit will be a major asset
in all your relationships and should
make you a very popular person to be
around. Others will do for you what
you do for them.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Because life
has been a trifle demanding of you
lately, try to take a few moments to
engage in something that you really
enjoy doing. The most gratifying thing
you can do is to be constructive.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Social
contacts can be enormously useful at
this time, helping you further a special interest. Be sure to make your
needs known to your friends as well
as your family.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — In order
to finalize a matter, you must keep
uppermost in your mind what you
hope to accomplish. Lock in on a target and you’ll find the results to be extremely gratifying.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — You
should take care of some old business
by getting your message out on the
Internet or by telephone. Regardless
of the method you use, something fortuitous is likely to come of it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) —
You might find that special something
you’ve wanted to purchase but always
felt was too expensive at a price
you’re willing to pay. Grab it: You
might not get a chance like this again.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Try
to avoid people who have a tendency
to tie up your time. Your personal
freedom and mobility will be of particular importance at this point.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Feelings of fulfillment and worth will only
come from things you do for others,
not from what you do for yourself.
Now is the time to make good on your
promises.
COPYRIGHT 2012 United Feature
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TODAY IN HISTORY
(AP) — Today is Friday, March
16, the 76th day of 2012. There
are 290 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 16, 1912, future first
lady Pat Nixon was born Thelma
Catherine Ryan in Ely, Nev.
On this date:
• In 1802, President Thomas
Jefferson signed a measure
authorizing the establishment of
the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point, N.Y.
• In 1935, Adolf Hitler decided
to break the military terms set by
the Treaty of Versailles by ordering

the rearming of Germany.
• In 1968, during the Vietnam
War, the My Lai Massacre of
Vietnamese civilians was carried
out by U.S. Army troops; estimates
of the death toll vary between 347
and 504.
• In 1982, Claus Von Bulow
was found guilty in Newport, R.I.,
of trying to kill his comatose wife,
Martha, with insulin. (Von Bulow
was acquitted in a retrial; his former wife, who was also known as
“Sunny,” died in December 2008.)
• One year ago: Pakistan
abruptly freed CIA contractor

Raymond Allen Davis, who had
shot and killed two men in a gunfight in Lahore, after a deal was
sealed to pay $2.34 million to the
men’s families.
• Today’s Birthdays:
Comedian-director Jerry Lewis is
86. Movie director Bernardo
Bertolucci is 71. Game show host
Chuck Woolery is 71. Country
singer Robin Williams is 65. Actor
Erik Estrada is 63. Rock singermusician Nancy Wilson (Heart) is
58. Rapper-actor Flavor Flav (Public
Enemy) is 53. Folk singer Patty
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Portland lawyer Victoria
Blachly said the plan will
mirror the Oklahoma law,
but it will also include a
“virtual asset instruction
letter” that lists online
information and passwords,
along with instructions for
when someone dies or
becomes incapacitated.
“That’s the part that
social media providers have
been wrestling with,”
Blachly said.
Like others, Blachly said
she began studying the
issue after a young relative
died and left social media
accounts in limbo.
Her top concern is the
emotional value of social
media accounts.
“Some people say ‘Well, if
I get hit by a bus, what do I
care?’” she said. “The people
who love you care very
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bar association, said he
expects the Judiciary
Committee to approve the
bill, sending it to the full
Legislature.
Facebook spokesman
Tucker Bounds said the
company was surprised by
the Oklahoma law and was
working closely with
Nebraska legislators on the
latest proposal.
The company declined to
say how many people had
requested access to accounts
held by Oklahomans, but
Bounds said it was relatively rare.
“I can tell you there
aren’t people pouring out
into the streets asking for
access,” Bounds said.
Oregon could be the next
state to take up the issue.
The Oregon State Bar
Association has formed a
group to work on the matter
and hopes to propose legis-

son lived in the state. The
measure would treat
Facebook, Twitter and email
accounts as digital assets
that could be closed or continued by an appointed representative.
Omaha lawyer William
Lindsay, who specializes in
estate planning, said his
professional experience has
taught him that the issue
should be addressed in the
law. But he also has a personal interest because of a
cousin who died while serving in the Navy.
AP
“We wanted to be able to
In this Monday, Feb. 27 photo, Karen Williams holds a
newspaper clipping concerning her son Loren get the email records, but
we couldn’t because nobody
Williams, at her home in Beaverton, Ore.
knew the password,”
Lindsay said. “We wanted to
into her son’s account, but it puts that person’s account
let her friends know she had
in a memorialized state.
took a lawsuit and a twodied, but we didn’t know all
year legal battle that ended Certain information is
of them.”
with Facebook granting her removed, and privacy is
Sen. John Wightman,
restricted to friends only.
10 months of access before
who sponsored the measure
her son’s page was removed. The profile and wall are left at the urging of the state
up so friends and loved ones
Nebraska is reviewing
can make posts in rememlegislation modeled after a
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) —
When Karen Williams’ son
died in a motorcycle crash,
the Oregon woman turned
to his Facebook account in
hopes of learning more
about the young man she
had lost.
Williams found his password and emailed the company, asking administrators
to maintain 22-year-old
Loren Williams’ account so
she could pore through his
posts and comments by his
friends. But within two
hours, she said, Facebook
changed the password,
blocking her efforts.
“I wanted full and unobstructed access, and they
balked at that,” said
Williams, recalling her son’s
death in 2005. “It was heartbreaking. I was a parent
grasping at straws to get
anything I could get.”
Now lawmakers and
attorneys in at least two
states are considering proposals that would require
Facebook and other social
networks to grant access to
loved ones when a family
member dies, essentially
making the site contents
part of a person’s digital
estate. The issue is growing
increasingly important as
people record more thoughts
and experiences online and
more disputes break out
over that material.
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Develop and implement a comprehensive EMS Program for
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Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers
to pay more than the advertised price for the
item. Scammers will send
a check and ask the seller
to wire the excess
through Western Union
(possibly for courier fees).
The scammer's check is
fake
and
eventually
bounces and the seller
loses the wired amount.
While banks and Western
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branches
are
trained at spotting fake
checks, these types of
scams are growing increasingly sophisticated
and fake checks often
aren't caught for weeks.
Funds wired through
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and virtually untraceable.

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Technician
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Under the direction of
the RN, carry out
assigned
treatments
and procedures. Responsibilities include
phlebotomy and EKG.
Must have successfully completed an approved Nurse Aide
Training and Competency Evaluation Program or three to six
months related experience and/or training
or equivalent combination of training and
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Current
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judgment in performing certain tasks and
assuring timely completion of reoccurring
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promoting safety, and
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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-708
PNC Bank, NA
vs.
Douglas Jackson, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 18, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State
of Ohio
Parcel Number: D08-025050
Also known as: 508 South Counts Street, Troy, Ohio
45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Sixty Five Thousand and 00/100
($65,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Canice J. Fogarty, Attorney
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-761
US Bank, N.A.
vs.
Chad L. Whitacre, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Newton, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: I20-003000
Prior Deed Reference: Volume 782, Page 114
Also known as: 11681 West State Route 718, Laura,
Ohio 45337
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Two Thousand and 00/100
($102,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Jennifer N. Heller, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 10-849
U.S. Bank, National Association
vs.
Teresa Jayne Kozlowski aka Teresa J. Kozlowski, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public
Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 18, 2012 at
10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Bethel, Unincorporated Village of Brandt, County of Miami, and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: A01-086054 & A01-086055
Prior Deed Reference: Volume No. 794, Page 584
Also known as: 6556 East US Route 40, Tipp City, Ohio
45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Seventy Five Thousand and 00/100
($75,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Jennifer N. Heller, Attorney
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012
2266380

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 10-431
The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York,
as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc., Asset
Backed Certificates, Series 2006-12
vs.
Jordan Ritchie aka Jordan P. Ritchie, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public
Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 18, 2012 at 10:00
o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit:
Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State
of Ohio
Parcel Number: D08-052090
Prior Deed Reference: Book 647, Page 464
Also known as: 917 Frontier Drive, Troy, Ohio 45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100
($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of
sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Ryan F. Hemmerle, Attorney
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012
2266373

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 10-350
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
vs.
Darryl D. King, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 18, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Bethel, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: A01-022500
Prior Deed Reference: Book 673, Page 369
Also known as: 7185 Palmer Road, New Carlisle, Ohio
45344
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100
($150,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Jennifer Schaeffer, Attorney
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-407
BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP
vs.
Robert P. Dillaplain, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Monroe, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: G12-039100
Prior Deed Reference: Volume 763, Page 836
Also known as: 645 East Shoop Road, Tipp City, Ohio
45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Ninety Thousand and 00/100
($90,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Christopher J. Mantica, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012

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on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap
or religion in the educational programs and/or activities
operated by the district insofar as employment opportunities. The District considers applicants for all positions
without regard to race, color, religion, sex national origin,
age, marital status, the presence of a non-related medical condition or handicap or any other legally protected
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2267532

LEGAL NOTICE
PNC Bank, N.A. vs Eric D. Dixon, et al
Case No. 12CV00016
Lindsay R. Dixon, whose last known address is 9900
Whispering Pine Drive, Tipp City, OH 45371, will take notice that on January 9, 2012, PNC Bank, N.A. filed its
Complaint in Case No. 12CV00016, in the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH
45373, seeking foreclosure and alleging that the Defendant, Lindsay R. Dixon, has or may claim to have interest
in the real estate commonly known as 9900 Whispering
Pine Drive, Tipp City, OH 45371 and described below:
Situated in the County of Miami, State of Ohio and City of
Huber Heights: Being Lot Number 131 Parktowne Subdivision, Section Four, as shown by the Plat recorded in
Volume 19, Page 60 and 60A of the Plat Records of
Miami County, Ohio.
Property Address: 9900 Whispering Pine Drive
Tipp City, OH 45371
Tax ID No. P48-000353
The Defendant named above is required to answer on or
before April 27, 2012..
Canice J. Fogarty, Esq.
Supreme Court Reg. #0010046
Attorney for Plaintiff
137 North Main Street, Suite 500
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 228-5912
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012
2264870

CITY OF TROY
DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND SERVICE
CITY HALL, TROY, OHIO
Sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, City Hall, 100 South
Market Street, Troy, Ohio, 45373, until 12 o’clock noon,
Friday, March 23, 2012, for one pre-owned flatbed truck
with crane (boom truck) complete, for the City of Troy,
Ohio, in accordance with the specifications now on file in
the Office of the Director of Public Service and Safety,
City Hall, 100 S. Market Street, Troy, Ohio, 45373.
A bid guaranty as follows is required to accompany each
proposal as a guarantee that if the proposal is accepted
a contract will be entered into:
A bid bond in the amount of 100% of the bid, payable to
the City of Troy, or
A certified check, a cashier’s check or a letter of credit in
the amount of 10% of the bid, payable to the City of
Troy.
The successful bidder will be required to provide a Performance Bond.
Proposal forms, specifications, etc., may be obtained
upon application at the Office of the Director of Public
Service and Safety, City Hall.

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-268
US Bank National Association
vs.
Troy D. Colwell, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State
of Ohio
Parcel Number: D08-102676
Prior Deed Reference: Volume 38, Page 973
Also known as: 2650 Fieldstone Court, Troy, Ohio
45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand
and 00/100 ($187,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold
for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Matthew I. McKelvey, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-501
The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York,
as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2006-HY13, Mortgage Pass Through
Certificates, Series 2006-HY13
vs.
Thomas Tassie, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above
name cause to me directed by the Court of Common
Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in
the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock
in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit:
Situated in the City of Tipp City, County of Miami, and
State of Ohio
Parcel Number: G15-023484
Also known as: 600 Maeghann Court, Tipp City, Ohio
45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Three Hundred Ninety Thousand and 00/100
($390,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of
sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Kevin L. Williams, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012
2264523

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-550
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
vs.
Joseph G. Justice III, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Bethel, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: A01-084020
Prior Deed Reference: Instrument No. 20090R-07360
Also known as: 9240 Shroyer Drive, Tipp City, Ohio
45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand and
00/100 ($138,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for
less than two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Matthew A. Taulbee, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-502
U.S. Bank, N.A.
vs.
Diana Richhart, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 18, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Union, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: L32-021900
Prior Deed Reference: 770, Page 363
Also known as: 4901 Nashville Road, Troy, Ohio
45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Twenty Thousand and 00/100
($20,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Miranda S. Hamrick, Attorney
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012
2267148

Case No.: 2011CV900
Judge: Christopher Gee
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
Plaintiff,
-vsShaun E. Newman, et al.
Defendants.
LEGAL NOTICE
Jennifer Newman, whose last known address is 114
Burgundy Drive, Englewood, OH 45322 and Unknown
Spouse (if any) of Jennifer Newman, whose last
known address is 114 Burgundy Drive, Englewood,
OH 45322, will take notice that on December 27,
2011, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
filed its Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas,
Miami County, Ohio, Case No. 2011CV900. The object of, and demand for relief in, the Complaint is to
foreclose the lien of plaintiff’s mortgage recorded
upon the real estate described below and in which
plaintiff alleges that the foregoing defendants have or
claim to have an interest:
Parcel number(s): L39-009780
Property address: 111 Bruce Drive, West Milton, OH
45383
The defendants named above are required to answer
the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the
last publication of this legal notice. This legal notice
will be published once a week for three successive
weeks.
Andrew C. Clark
Attorney for Plaintiff
Manley Deas Kochalski LLC
P.O. Box 165028
Columbus, OH 43216
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2263672

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-781
US Bank, N.A.
vs.
Stephen R. Bowser, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public
Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11, 2012 at 10:00
o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit:
Situated in the City of Tipp City, County of Miami, and
State of Ohio
Parcel Number: G15-017860
Prior Deed Reference: General Warranty Deed, Book
759, Page 246, filed March 29, 2005
Also known as: 715 Barbara Drive, Tipp City, Ohio 45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Fourteen Thousand and
00/100 ($114,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less
than two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of
sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Robert R. Hoose, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-421
BAC Home Loads Servicing, LP
vs.
Scotty R. Parker, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 4, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Bethel, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: A01-027700
Prior Deed Reference: Book 718, Page 152
Also known as: 5675 South Dayton Brandt Road, New
Carlisle, Ohio 45344
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Two Thousand and
00/100 ($122,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for
less than two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Matthew I. McKelvey, Attorney
3/2, 3/9, 3/16-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-681
Unity National Bank
vs.
Tim Waddle, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 4, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State
of Ohio
Parcel Number: D08-019900
Also known as: 515 East Main Street, Troy, Ohio
45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100
($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Dale G. Davis, Attorney
3/2, 3/9, 3/16-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 10-347
Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
vs.
Sharon L. Wilson, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 4, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Village of West Milton, County of
Miami, and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: L39-002390
Also known as: 574 South Miami Street, West Milton,
Ohio 45383
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Thirty Five Thousand and 00/100
($35,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Kevin L. Williams, Attorney
3/2, 3/9, 3/16-2012

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-867
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
vs.
Philip Diehl, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 4, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Village of Pleasant Hill, County of
Miami, and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: I26-001000
Also known as: 10 North Long Street, Pleasant Hill,
Ohio 45359
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Fifty Eight Thousand and 00/100
($58,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Andrew C. Clark, Attorney
3/2, 3/9, 3/16-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-786
PNC Bank, NA
vs.
Jared T. Hicks, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 4, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and
State of Ohio
Parcel Number: D08-044930
Also known as: 314 Southview Drive, Troy, Ohio
45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Sixty Seven Thousand and 00/100
($67,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Canice J. Fogarty, Attorney
3/2, 3/9, 3/16-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-706
PNC Bank, N.A.
vs.
Rusty Duncan, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 4, 2012
at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described
premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Monroe, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: G12-080458
Also known as: 1270 Ginghamsburg Frederick Road,
Tipp City, Ohio 45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand and
00/100 ($135,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for
less than two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down
time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of
confirmation.
Canice J. Fogarty, Attorney
3/2, 3/9, 3/16-2012

Clifford Lee, Jr., whose last known address is 901
Fountain Street, Troy, OH 45373, and the unknown
heirs, devisees, legatees, executors, administrators,
spouses and assigns and the unknown guardians of
minor and/or incompetent heirs of Clifford Lee, Jr., all
of whose residences are unknown and cannot by
reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice
that on the 1st day of November, 2011, OneWest
Bank, FSB filed its Complaint in the Common Pleas
Court of Miami County, Ohio in Case No. 11CV755,
on the docket of the Court, and the object and demand for relief of which pleading is to foreclose the
lien of plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the following described real estate to wit:

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SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-870
Bank of America, NA
vs.
Todd C. Ellis, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11,
2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit:
Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and
State of Ohio
Parcel Number: D08-016830
Also known as: 935 McKaig Avenue, Troy, Ohio
45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Fifty Nine Thousand and 00/100
($59,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than
two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down
time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of
confirmation.
George J. Annos, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-534
U.S. Bank, National Association, as Successor Trustee to
Bank of America, National Association as successor by
merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee
for Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Ownit Mortgage Loan
Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-4
vs.
Jeffrey S. Eads, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above
name cause to me directed by the Court of Common
Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in
the lobby of the Sheriff on April 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock
in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Monroe, County of Miami, and
State of Ohio
Parcel Number: G12-049800
Also known as: 7080 Peters Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand and
00/100 ($159,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less
than two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of
sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Stan C. Cwalinski, Attorney
3/9, 3/16, 3/23-2012

Property Address: 901 Fountain Street, Troy, OH
45373
and being more particularly described in plaintiff's
mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 1809, page 75,
of this County Recorder's Office.

-vsChristopher K. Eisele, et al
Defendants.
LEGAL NOTICE IN SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE OF
MORTGAGE
FirstPlus Bank, whose last known address is 1732
Reynolds Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614, and the Unknown successors, assigns and surviving entities of
FirstPlus Bank, all of whose residences are unknown
and cannot by reasonable diligence be ascertained,
will take notice that on the 4th day of January, 2012,
CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by merger to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. filed its Complaint in the
Common Pleas Court of Miami County, Ohio in Case
No. 12-04, on the docket of the Court, and the object
and demand for relief of which pleading is to foreclose
the lien of plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the following described real estate to wit:
Property Address: 20 North Hyatt Street, Tipp City,
OH 45371
and being more particularly described in plaintiff's
mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 1414, page
757, of this County Recorder's Office.

-vsE. Thomas Rose aka Edward Thomas Rose, et al
Defendants.
LEGAL NOTICE FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
To: Thomas Rose aka Edward Thomas Rose and Jane
Doe, unknown spouse of Thomas Rose aka Edward
Thomas Rose, each of you will take notice that on the
27th day of December, 2011, Plaintiff, filed a Complaint
for foreclosure in the Miami County Court of Common
Pleas, being Case No. 11CV000904, alleging that there
is due to the Plaintiff the sum of $50,972.41, plus interest at 7.00% per annum from June 1, 2011, plus late
charges and attorney fees applicable to the terms of
the Promissory Note secured by a Mortgage on the real
property, which has a street address of 200 South High
Street, Covington, OH 45318, being permanent parcel
number Parcel Number H19-001790.
Plaintiff further alleges that by reason of a default in
payment of said Promissory Note, the conditions of
said Mortgage have been broken and the same has become absolute.
Plaintiff prays that the Defendants named above be required to answer and assert any interest in said property or be forever barred from asserting any interest
therein, for foreclosure of said mortgage, marshalling
of liens, and the sale of said real property, and that the
proceeds of said sale be applied according to law.

The above named defendant is required to answer
within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication,
which shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in
this case.

The above named defendant is required to answer
within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication,
which shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in
this case.

Said Defendants are required to file an Answer on or
before the 27 day of April, 2012.

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-338
JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association successor
by merger to Bank One, N.A.
vs.
Linda S. Butler, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public
Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 18, 2012 at 10:00
o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit:
Situated in the Township of Bethel, County of Miami, and
State of Ohio
Parcel Number: A01-068600
Prior Deed Reference: Vol. 733, Page 512
Also known as: 6750 East State Route 571, Tipp City,
Ohio 45371
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of
the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at Eighty Four Thousand and 00/100
($84,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than twothirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of
sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and
recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Wayne E. Ulbrich, Attorney
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012

SHERIFF’S SALE
MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS
Case No.: 11-440
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
vs.
Jeffrey A. Kline, et al
Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the
above name cause to me directed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at
Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on April 18,
2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit:
Situated in the Township of Monroe, County of Miami,
and State of Ohio
Parcel Number: G14-001900
Prior Deed Reference: Book No. 636, Page 828
Also known as: 3115 Nashville Road, Troy, Ohio
45373
A full legal description may be obtained in the Office
of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.
Appraised at One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand and
00/100 ($135,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for
less than two-thirds of the appraisement.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time
of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance
and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.
Craig A. Thomas, Attorney
3/16, 3/23, 3/30-2012

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL
TO: Morton Stanley II
Steven Stanley
Your are notified as next of kin of Vaughnneita L.
Cooper, deceased, that decedent’s Will was admitted
to probate in the Miami County Probate Court on the
fifth day of January, 2012, being Co. 85066.
Any action to contest the validity of the Will must be filed
within 3 months after the fiduciary has filed a certificate
with the Court that notice has been given to all next of
kin and beneficiaries of decedent’s Will.
Carroll E. Hunt, Attorney for Executor 0021017
16110 North Road
Troy, Ohio 45373
(937)335-9194

• TENNIS: The Troy Tennis
Association is now accepting registrations for spring and summer leagues.
Contact Max Brown at (937) 689-1938
or go to troytennis.net.
• VOLLEYBALL: Troy High School
and head volleyball coach Michelle
Owen are offering the fifth annual
Spring Youth League for girls in
grades 3-6, regardless of school
attended. The league lasts for eight
weeks, begins on March 21 and the
cost is $70 prior to today, $80 after
today. Registration forms may be
picked up at the high school athletic
office or obtained by contacting
coach Owen at owenm@troy.k12.oh.us.
• SOCCER: Registrations are now
being accepted for the Youth Indoor
Soccer League held at Hobart
Arena. The program is for ages 4-8,
begins in early April and runs
through mid-May. Register online at
www.hobartarena.com on the
“Registrations” page. For more information, call the Recreation
Department at 339-5145.
• SOFTBALL: Registrations are
now being taken for the Troy
Recreation Department Girls Youth
Softball program. This program is for
girls currently in grades first through
eighth. You may register online at:
http://troyohio.gov/rec/ProgramRegF
orms.html. Contact the recreation
department at (937) 339-5145 for
more information.
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WHAT’S INSIDE
College Basketball................18
Scoreboard ............................19
Television Schedule..............19
Major League Baseball.........20
National Football League .....20

By The Associated Press
Your move, Peyton.
This year’s top NFL free
agent heard four teams’ pitches
in person. Owners squired him
around the country on private
jets. Politicians have weighed in.
Fans are growing restless.
Now Peyton Manning needs
to decide what happens next.
The Denver Broncos, Arizona
Cardinals and Tennessee Titans
are
awaiting
word
from

Manning,
and
indications
Thursday were that all believed
they were still in the running to
sign the quarterback who is the
only four-time MVP in NFL history.
There’s been no tangible sign
of any of them dropping out of
the Manning Sweepstakes
though the chances of the fourth
team the star QB met with, the
Miami Dolphins, reportedly were
less certain.
ESPN and other media said

Thursday that another freeagent QB, Matt Flynn, was planning to visit the Dolphins after
his trip to see the Seattle
Seahawks. That might mean the
Dolphins know they won’t get
Manning or that team officials
want to have options in case they
fail to sign him.
Chad Henne, who began last
season as Miami’s starting QB
but signed with the Jacksonville
Jaguars this week, made it
sound as if the Dolphins’ pursuit

of Manning was serious. Henne
said Thursday he had “some
talks” with the Dolphins before
leaving, but added: “I think they
are on the ‘Peyton Manning
Street’ right now, so they are
going to wait a while. In my position, there wasn’t much time to
wait. I kind of wanted a new
start, a fresh start, and find a
team where I feel comfortable. I
just want to be on a team that

■ See MANNING on 20

■ Girls Basketball

Buckeyes keeping control Rockets

reach
final
Tri-Village falls
COLUMBUS
(AP)
—
Defending champion Anna ran its
winning streak to 50 by defeating
Findlay Liberty-Benton 58-41 in a
Division III semifinal on Thursday.
The Rockets (27-0) now have
the 10th longest streak in Ohio
girls history. They’ll face Columbus
Africentric on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Anna led 39-35 after three
quarters. The team worked the ball
inside to 6-foot-tall Ashley Frohne
and outscored the shorter Eagles
18-4 in the fourth quarter. Frohne
scored 10 of her 22 points in the
fourth.
Erica Huber had 13 points for
Anna and Natalie Billing added 12.
Cait Craft, an Associated Press coplayer of the year along with
Billing, had 15 points for the
Eagles.
Berlin Hiland 53,
Tri-Village 47
McKenzie Miller had 17 points
and Regina Hochstetler added 14
as Berlin Hiland will play for its
fifth state title after defeating New
Madison Tri-Village 53-47 in a
Division IV girls state semifinal on
Thursday.
Kayla Linkous, the Associated
Press Division IV co-player of the
year, scored all 19 of her points in
the second half. Each team made
eight three-pointers in the game to
set an all-division semifinal record
for threes.
Arlington 55, Mansfield 44
Amelia Recker had four of her
24 points to spark a second-half
surge that carried Arlington to a
55-44 victory against Mansfield St.
Peter’s in a Division IV girls state
semifinal at Value City Arena on
Thursday.
Africentric 57, Smithville 37
Kiyanna Black showed at a critical time why she is the Associated
Press Division III co-player of the
year. Black helped lead Columbus
Africentric to a 57-37 girls state
semifinal win against Smithville
on Thursday.
Black had 16 points and was at
her best late in the second quarter
AP PHOTO when Smithville (26-1) cut a 10Ohio State’s Aaron Craft (4) gets control of the ball in front of Loyola of Maryland’s Justin Drummond point deficit in half. She responded
(2) in the first half of an NCAA tournament second-round game on Thursday in Pittsburgh. The sec- with a three-pointer, a jumper in
ond-seeded Buckeyes held a 42-31 lead over the No. 15 Greyhounds at time of press. To find out who the lane and a running bank shot
won, go to www.troydailynews.com and look in the “Top Sports” section.
to carry the Nubians to 27-19 at
halftime.

■ College Basketball

With a little help

No. 12 VCU
scores upset

No. 1 Syracuse avoids historic upset

Bradford Burgess hit a key 3-pointer with
1:33 left and Shaka Smart coached VCU to
another tournament surprise, holding off
Wichita State 62-59 in the South Regional on
Thursday.
The 12th-seeded Rams (29-6) led by as
many as 13 in the second half, but the
Shockers closed to 54-53 on Garrett Stutz’s
layup with 5:39 left.
See Page 18.

Indians win, Reds
fall in exhibitions
Justin Masterson pitched four hitless
innings and the Cleveland Indians beat
the Chicago White Sox 12-3 Thursday.
Meanwhile, Reds right-hander
Johnny Cueto worked four innings in his
third spring appearance and allowed four
hits and one earned run in a 3-1 loss to
the Los Angeles Angels. See Page 20.

PITTSBURGH
(AP)
—
Syracuse was missing its starting center. North CarolinaAsheville thought the Orange
got help from three men in
striped shirts.
With Syracuse facing the kind
of NCAA tournament history no
team wants to make, the topseeded Orange rallied for a 72-65
victory Thursday in the second
round of the East Regional.
Two calls by the officials had
the sellout crowd of 18,927 at
Consol Energy Center except for
those wearing orange booing
throughout the final minute but
it didn’t matter.
Syracuse made it 109-0 for
No. 1 seeds against No. 16s since
the NCAA went to a field of 64 in
1985.
“I don’t think luck had any-

thing to do with this game
today,” Syracuse coach Jim
Boeheim said, “and I think the
better team won.”
The Orange were staring at
NCAA tournament history. A No.
1 seed has never lost to a No. 16
seed, and they were trailing
North Carolina-Asheville with
just over 6 minutes to play.
“We gave it everything we
had. We battled the best that we
could,” Asheville coach Eddie
Biedenbach said. “These guys
are great. They deserved a better
fate than they had today.”
Syracuse, which won the
national championship in 2003,
had already made negative history in the tournament, becoming the first No. 2 seed to lose to

Syracuse’s
Rakeem
Christmas (25)
swats at the
ball on a shot
by UNCAsheville’s
Jeremy
Atkinson (15)
during the
second half of
an NCAA
tournament
second-round
game on
Thursday in
Pittsburgh.
Syracuse
narrowly
avoided
becoming the
first No. 1
seed to be
upset by a
No. 16 seed
with its 72-65
victory.
AP PHOTO

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■ East Region

Syracuse
■ CONTINUED FROM 17
a 15 when it fell 73-69 to
Richmond in 1991.
The Orange managed
to avoid adding another
black mark by holding
Asheville to one field goal
over the final minute
while they went 6 of 7
from the free throw line.
Syracuse was playing
without 7-foot center Fab
Melo, who was declared
ineligible for academic
reasons by the school and
will miss the tournament.
“The fact that this
game was close had nothing nothing to do with the
center position,” Boeheim
said.
Syracuse (32-2) will
play
eighth-seeded

Kansas State in the third
round on Saturday. The
Wildcats beat Southern
Mississippi 70-64.
The Bulldogs (24-10),
who talked Wednesday
about pulling off the
upset, were led by J.P.
Primm’s 18 points.
They led 34-30 at halftime the third 16 to do
that but the Orange took
the lead for good with 6:17
left on a turnaround
jumper by reserve James
Southerland, who had 15
points and a season-high
eight rebounds.
“James has to continue
to make the shots and I
think he will,” Syracuse
guard Scoop Jardine said.
“I’m happy for him

because he’s a big part of
our offense and today he
showed it.”
Southerland,
who
scored 13 points in the
second half, had three of
the Orange’s five 3-pointers.
“James came in, gave
us a huge lift off the
bench,” Boeheim said of
the 6-foot-8 junior.
The Bulldogs got within three points three
times in the final 1:04 but
could get no closer as
Syracuse made its free
throws and the officials
made a couple of controversial calls.
The first call that
caused the crowd to react
was a lane violation with

1:20 left. Jardine missed
the front end of a 1-and-1
but Primm was called for
passing the head of the
key before Jardine let the
shot go. Jardine got to
shoot the front end again,
made it, and made the second for a 64-58 lead.
“They gave me a second
chance to make the shot
and I made it,” Jardine
said. “I got myself into a
rhythm. I made every free
throw from there on out
because I do what I practice and believed in myself
at that time and made the
shots for us.”
Primm said: “They
showed it on the replay, I
think the crowd let him
know that it wasn’t the

■ South Region

right call. … Like I said,
when it gets crunch time
like that, like I say, everyone is human.”
With 35 seconds left
and the Orange leading
66-63, the ball appeared
to go out of bounds off
Syracuse’s
Brandon
Triche but the officials
pointed the other way and
gave it to the Orange.
Jardine made two free
throws a second later.
Coordinator
of
Officiating John Adams
said he would have given
the ball to UNC Asheville
on the inbounds play.
“The out of bounds is
not reviewable and it is
not a play we would discuss,” official Ed Corbett

told a pool reporter. “I’m
not going to comment further because it is a judgment call. It was a clear
(lane) violation. The player released early, before
the ball hit the rim. We’ve
since watched the replay
20 times and it was the
right call.”
Boeheim had his own
take on the play with
Triche.
“First of all, all the
noise about the ball going
out of bounds, I mean,
Triche got pushed. That’s
why it went out of
bounds,” he said. “Maybe
they missed the out of
bounds, they missed the
foul call. Those things
equal out.”

■ East Region

A taste of madness
No. 12 VCU scores lone upset early, knocks off Wichita St.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)
— Bradford Burgess hit a
key 3-pointer with 1:33 left
and Shaka Smart coached
VCU to another tournament
surprise, holding off Wichita
State 62-59 in the South
Regional on Thursday.
The 12th-seeded Rams
(29-6) led by as many as 13
in the second half, but the
Shockers closed to 54-53 on
Garrett Stutz’s layup with
5:39 left. Troy Daniels hit a
3-pointer for the Rams, and
Joe Ragland answered with
his own for Wichita State.
Toure Murry made a 3
that gave Wichita State the
lead, but Burgess came back
with his big shot to give the
Rams a 60-59 edge. Darius
Theus’ runner from about
six feet provided the final
margin.
Stutz’s long jumper just
before the buzzer was off for
fifth-seeded Wichita State
(26-6). Ragland finished
with 15 points after getting
off to a slow start.
Burgess finished with 16
points, and Theus and
Daniels had 10 points apiece
for the Rams, who beat
Georgetown,
Purdue,
Florida State and Kansas in
the tournament last year,
becoming just the third No.
11 seed to reach the Final
Four. The run ended when
they lost to Butler in
Houston.
Virginia Commonwealth
(29-8) earned a second
straight tournament berth
by edging Drexel 59-56 in
the
Colonial
Athletic
Association Tournament
this season.
Wichita
State
was
ranked No. 18 in the final
The Associated Press poll.
The Shockers won the regular-season title in the
Missouri Valley Conference,
but lost to Illinois State in
the semifinals of the conference tournament.
It was the first NCAA
tournament appearance for
Wichita State since 2006,
when it advanced to the
regional semifinals.
There were lots of missed
shots on both sides early, but
Rob Brandenberg hit a 3pointer to put VCU in front
17-13 midway through the
first half.
Wichita State put together an 11-0 run to make it 2421 with 5:27 left. Carl Hall
capped the surge with a
layup.
Treveon Graham broke

AP PHOTO

Wisconsin’s Josh Gasser (21) and Jordan Taylor (11)
pressure Montana’s Derek Selvig into a turnover during the second half of an NCAA tournament secondround game Thursday in Albuquerque, N.M.

Badgers snap
Grizzlies’ streak

AP PHOTO

Virginia Commenwealth’s Bradford Burgess (20) shoots against Wichita State’s Ben
Smith during the first half of an NCAA tournament second-round game in Portland,
Ore. Thursday.
the VCU scoring drought
with a jumper and Burgess
added a 3-pointer, sparking
a 13-1 run that lifted the
Rams to a 34-25 lead at the
break.
Burgess scored 13 points
during a dominating first
half.
Virginia Commonwealth
stretched the lead to 41-29
after Brandenberg’s layup.
His jumper a short time
later gave the Rams a 46-33
lead, but Ben Smith had a
layup before David Kyles
scored five quick points to
trim VCU’s lead to 46-40.
Kentucky 81,
W. Kentucky 66
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Terrence Jones had 22
points and 10 rebounds,
Doron Lamb scored 16 and

top-seeded Kentucky began
its quest for an eighth
national title with a staggering display of athleticism in
an 81-66 victory over
Western Kentucky on
Thursday night.
On a day when Syracuse
nearly became the first No. 1
seed ever to lose to a 16, the
Wildcats (33-2) are clearly
relishing their growing role
as favorites. Freshman and
player of the year candidate
Anthony Davis added 16
points, nine rebounds and
seven blocks for Kentucky,
which was never seriously
threatened.
Baylor 68,
S. Dakota St. 60
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
— Pierre Jackson scored 18
points and Baylor held off

14th-seeded South Dakota
State 68-60 Thursday night
in the second round of the
NCAA tournament.
The third-seeded Bears
(28-7) fell behind by 12 in
the first half before taking a
36-28 halftime lead that
they never relinquished. But
it was a nail-biter.
Making their first trip to
the NCAA tournament, the
Jackrabbits (27-8) misfired
on a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left that would have
made it one-point game.
Then, the Bears iced it at
the line.
Connecticut vs. Iowa
State, Indiana vs. New
Mexico State and UNLV vs.
Colorado were not complete
at time of press.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
(AP) — Ryan Evans scored
18 points and Jordan
Taylor added 17 points and
six assists for No. 4
Wisconsin, which ended
No. 13 Montana’s schoolrecord 14-game winning
streak with a 73-49 victory.
The Badgers (25-9)
improved to 10-1 in NCAA
tournament openers under
Bo Ryan, the winningest
coach in the program’s history.
Art Steward’s 18 points
led the Grizzles (25-7), who
were familiar with the
Badgers’ style because one
of their assistants, Freddie
Owens,
played
at
Wisconsin from 2001-04.
Still, his inside information
couldn’t help the Grizzlies
pull off the upset.
Kansas State. 70,
Southern Miss 64
PITTSBURGH —
Rodney McGruder scored
30 points and Jordan
Henriquez
added
15
points, nine rebounds and
six blocks to lead Kansas
State
over
Southern
Mississippi.
The Wildcats (22-10)
advanced past their opening tournament game for
the third straight year.
Neil
Watson
led
Southern Miss (25-9) with

16 points, LaShay Page
had 15 and Kentucky
transfer Darnell Dodson
scored all 14 of his points
in the second half. But the
Golden Eagles let a chance
to win their first-ever tournament game slip away in
the final minutes.
Vanderbilt 79,
Harvard 70
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
— John Jenkins made all
six of his free throws down
the stretch and finished
with 27 points to help
Vanderbilt
hold
off
Harvard in a game billed
as “The Brain Bowl.”
Brad Tinsley scored 16
for the Commodores (2510), who followed last
weekend’s stunner over
top-ranked Kentucky with
a win over a school many
consider to be a No. 1 in the
classroom, that is.
Gonzaga 77,
West Virginia 54
PITTSBURGH —
Robert Sacre and Gary
Bell Jr. scored 14 points
apiece as Gonzaga routed
West Virginia.
Kevin Pangos added 13
points and five assists for
the
seventh-seeded
Bulldogs (26-6), who will
play Ohio State or Loyola
(Md.) in the third round on
Saturday.

■ West Region

Siva helps No. 4 Louisville wear out Davidson
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)
— Louisville point guard
Peyton Siva did his best
Steve Nash impersonation
against Davidson.
Siva had 17 points and
six assists, many times
driving inside and then
pulling back out to the
perimeter a la the two-time
NBA MVP, and the fourthseeded Cardinals moved on
in the NCAA tournament
for the first time since 2009
with a 69-62 victory over
Davidson on Thursday.
The idea behind Siva’s
tactic was to help tire out
the Wildcats and their uptempo offense, and it

worked.
“We said one of the
greatest things Steve Nash
does off the pick and roll, if
he probes the lane and he
decides he doesn’t have
anything, he just dribbles
it back out and takes a different angle of the screen,”
Louisville coach Rick
Pitino said. “I think that
helped Peyton, watching
Steve Nash do it.”
After getting ousted in
their opening game the
past two seasons, Pitino
and the Cardinals (27-9)
advanced to the third
round
of
the
West
Regional. Louisville, com-

ing off a surprising run to
the Big East tournament
title, is making its sixth
straight appearance in the
NCAAs.
Davidson (25-8) couldn’t
quite get a read on Siva
and it wore out the
Wildcats.
“Our guys defended ball
screens three, four or five
times during a possession,”
veteran
coach
Bob
McKillup said. “I don’t
know if you’ve ever defended a ball screen before, but
when you do, you better
move your legs, and that is
wearing and tearing on
their legs.”

Murray State 58,
Colorado State 41
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Isaiah Canaan scored 15
points in Murray State’s
return to the NCAA tournament after a two-year wait,
and Donte Poole added 13
to lead the Racers to a 5841 victory over Colorado
State on Thursday in the
second round.
Canaan mishandled the
ball in the closing seconds
of a two-point loss to Butler
in 2010 as a freshman. He’s
the leader of this group
now, and Murray State (311) expects a long run in this
tournament as the mid-

major darlings.
Marquette 88, BYU 68
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jae
Crowder finished with 25
points and 16 rebounds,
Darius Johnson-Odom had
12 of his 20 points in the second half and Marquette
withstood another furious
BYU rally for an 88-68
Thursday.
Brandon Davies had 19
points and 12 rebounds for
the 14th-seeded Cougars
(26-9), who looked for a brief
while as if they might have a
chance to top their historic
comeback in the First Four
on Tuesday night. After
trailing by as many as 19 in

the first half, BYU got within 52-46 with 15:28 left. But
the Golden Eagles (28-5)
were simply too big and too
strong.
New Mexico 75,
Long Beach St. 68
PORTLAND, Ore. —
Kendall Williams scored 14
of his 16 points in the second
half and bottled up Long
Beach State star Casper
Ware defensively to help
fifth-seeded New Mexico
hold on for a 75-68 victory in
the West Regional on
Thursday.
Drew Gordon added 18
points and 13 rebounds for
the Lobos.

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wants to win games.”
If there’s no word from
Manning by Friday, the
Cardinals might wind up
having to move on. That’s
because Arizona will decide
by 4 p.m. EDT on Friday
whether or not to release
quarterback Kevin Kolb,
who would be due $7 million if he is on the roster
Saturday.
Kolb’s not the only player whose future is being
affected by Manning, who
became a free agent March
7, when the Indianapolis
Colts decided to cut him to
avoid paying a $28 million
bonus.
In a move that the
Titans can only hope will
help their efforts to attract
Manning, they improved
their offensive line by signing free-agent guard Steve
Hutchinson on Thursday.
He is a five-time All Pro
who spent the past six seasons with Minnesota before
being released Saturday.
It also wasn’t clear

whether a surprise suitor
could emerge, the way it’s
happened in baseball
recently, with Prince
Fielder signing with the
Detroit Tigers, Albert
Pujols going to the Los
Angeles Angels or Cliff Lee
winding up with the
Philadelphia Phillies.
If Manning wants to
feel wanted, there is no
shortage of wooing going
on.
Set aside all of those
face-to-face meetings that
lasted six hours or more,
and the cross-country trips,
and look instead to the way
government figures are
getting involved.
“I’m the governor; I’m
not supposed to be getting
involved in sports issues.
Although I did hear that
my buddy (Tennessee Gov.)
Bill Haslam was calling
Manning, trying to call
Manning, to encourage him
to come to Tennessee,”
Gov.
John
Colorado
Hickenlooper said in a telephone interview.

Cueto
improves in
Reds loss
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP)
—
Justin
Masterson
pitched
four
hitless
innings and the Cleveland
Indians beat the Chicago
White Sox 12-3 Thursday.
Jose Lopez hit a threerun homer and Shelley
Duncan had a two-run
shot, his third homer of the
spring, for Cleveland.
A.J. Pierzynski hit a
solo homer for Chicago.
Masterson faced the
minimum 12 batters, striking out four. His only walk
was immediately erased on
a double play when shortstop Jason Donald made a
backhand stab of a sharp
grounder hit by Gordon
Beckham to end the third.
White
Sox
starter
Dyland Axelrod gave up
three hits and one run over

AP PHOTO

Cleveland Indians’ Justin Masterson pitches against
the Chicago White Sox Thursday in Goodyear, Ariz.
three innings.
Michael Brantley had a
two-run double and Ryan
Spilborghs a pair of twoout RBI hits for the
Indians, who had 17 hits.
Angels 3, Reds 1
TEMPE, Ariz. — While
newly acquired slugger
Albert Pujols has been hitting up a storm, Los

Angeles Angels newcomer
C.J. Wilson has been equally as impressive on the
mound.
Wilson put together his
third consecutive strong
outing,
pitching
four
innings in Thursday’s 3-1
win over the Cincinnati
Reds.
After eight scoreless

innings this spring, Wilson
gave up a run when Denis
Phipps hit a double that
scored
Miguel
Cairo,
helped by left fielder
Vernon Wells’ error.
Reds
right-hander
Johnny Cueto worked four
innings in his third spring
appearance and allowed
four hits and one earned
run. His outing was an
improvement over his previous game when he gave
up five hits and three runs
in two innings against
Oakland.
“This outing is the one I
feel is the best so far,”
Cueto said. “I used all the
pitches that I have to be
ready for the season.”
The Reds managed only
four hits, with Phipps getting two.
“Cueto threw the ball
well,” Reds manager Dusty
Baker said. “All of our guys
threw the ball well. We’re
just having trouble scoring
runs, well, scoring as much
as the other teams.”

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Williams inks
deal with Bills
NEW YORK (AP) —
Megatron and Mario, the
richest players in the NFL.
When linebacker-end
Mario Williams signed a
six-year
contract
Thursday with the Buffalo
Bills worth $100 million,
$50 million guaranteed, he
became the highest-paid
defensive player in league
history. Williams’ megadeal followed by one day
the $132 million contract
the Detroit Lions gave
their star receiver, Calvin
Johnson.
Johnson’s haul is the
most for any NFL player
at any position.
Other than Peyton
Manning, whose search for
a new team continues,
Williams was the most
sought free agent in this
year’s class; Johnson
already was under contract in Detroit.
“It’s one of those things
you don’t get many
chances like this, and
opportunities to come in
and be the guy who can
help the team get across
the hump,” said Williams,
who was in Buffalo since
the free agency period
opened Tuesday, having
been flown in from his
home in North Carolina.
“And that’s definitely what
I’m here for. My whole
intention is to come here,
work with guys like Kyle
(Williams) and (Marcell)
Dareus and make this
thing happen.”
The first overall draft
pick by Houston in 2006,

Williams became a pass
rushing force and allaround standout at end
before moving to linebacker in the Texans’ new
3-4 alignment last year.
But he played only five
games in 2011 before a
torn chest muscle sidelined him.
Buffalo
targeted
Williams to upgrade a
defense that ranked 26th
overall and 28th against
the run. The Bills had only
29 sacks last year;
Williams has 53 for his
career.
Earlier
Thursday,
guard Ben Grubbs agreed
on a five-year, $36 million
contract
with
New
Orleans, where he will
replace All-Pro Carl Nicks,
who left the previous day
for NFC South rival
Tampa Bay. Grubbs gets
$16 million guaranteed,
including a $10 million
signing bonus.
“Ben comes to us from
an offense in Baltimore
that experienced a lot of
success, both running the
football and in pass protection,” Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said.
“He was a big part of that
and we believe that he can
come right in and fit into
our program without missing a beat.”
Nicks is considered one
of the league’s best pass
blockers and was a key
part of the Saints’ recordsetting offense. Grubbs
made the Pro Bowl last
season with the Ravens.

■ Golf

Harrington sets
course record
PALM HARBOR, Fla.
(AP)
—
Padraig
Harrington knew he was
playing better golf than his
scores indicated. He just
wasn’t expecting the lowest
official score of his life, a
10-under 61 to set the
course record Thursday in
the
Transitions
Championship.
Harrington took a step
toward ending 17 months
and 37 tournaments without a victory when he made
10 birdies, including a 75footer late in his round, to
build a three-shot lead
among the early starters at
Innisbrook.
With a 15-foot birdie
putt on the 18th how could
it not go in the way his day
was going? he broke by one
shot the record at the
esteemed
Copperhead
Course at Innisbrook that
had been held by Mark
Calcavecchia in 2007 and
Jeff Sluman in 2004.
Harrington’s previous
best was a 62 three times,
most recently at the 2009
Portugal Masters. He also
had a 61 at the Nedbank

Challenge in 2001, an unofficial event. It was not recognized as a course record
because of preferred lies.
Will Claxton birdied the
18th for a 64, a score that
would have put him atop
the
leaderboard
at
Innisbrook the last seven
years. John Senden, coming off a 65 in the final
round at Doral, was in a
large group at 66 that
included William McGirt
and 51-year-old Kenny
Perry, making a rare
appearance on the PGA
Tour.
LPGA Tour
PHOENIX — Topranked Yani Tseng played
a seven-hole stretch on the
back nine in 7 under and
finished with a 7-under 65
for a share of the firstround lead with Hee Young
Park
in
the
LPGA
Founders Cup.
Tseng birdied the 11th,
13th and 14th holes, eagled
the par-5 15th, and birdied
the 16th and 17th. She had
a 4-foot try for another
birdie on 18, but pulled her
putt just left.